----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Rice" <majrice@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Heater, Immersion, Liquid Fuel Fired
> As an artilleryman however, I have to correct one incorrect term.
> The trashcan would not become shrapnel, but fragments or fragmentation.
> Contrary to popular opinion, shrapnel is a type of round or the contents
of
> a particular type round, not fragments from an exploding round. Shrapnel
is
> typically small metal balls (lead, steel, etc) inside a cannister.
>
Intriguing, I'm wondering how many of us actually know where the commonly
used term "shrapnel" comes from. . . . . . . .
Richard
Southampton - England
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