Grenades
Shrapnel
Shrapnel noun - Shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight.
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- Airsoft grenades are devices with a small explosive charge that shoots BBs around like the shrapnel of a real grenade.
Source: Trick Bomb -
Numerous explosive weapons are used to kill infantry; there exist anti-personnel grenades, anti-personnel mines, mortars, and shrapnel/high-explosive artillery shells.
Source: Non-Fatal Explosions -
Some of Gustave's wounds are said to have been caused by machine-gun fire and shrapnel from grenades and rocket launchers.
Source: Immune to Bullets
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