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English: Steel fragment of a high-explosive shell, dating from the 1990s Gulf War. Found in Kuwait.
Technically, this is a fragment of a large artillery shell. However, many people would refer to it as shrapnel. Note the highly characteristic jagged edges caused by detonation of the explosive filling.
Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates.
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2007-10-07 01:38 Nabokov 2816×2112× (2659300 bytes) Shard of steel [[shrapnel]] dating from the 1990s [[Gulf War]]. Found in [[Kuwait]]. Technically, this is a fragment of an large [[artillery shell]]. However, many people would refer to it as shrapnel. Note the highly characteristic jagged edges caused b
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