Soldiers preparing and inspecting a 75 MM shrapnel shell during World War I. This particular shell contains 60% oleum and 50 grams of black powder. Photograph taken on April 2, 1919 by a photographer from the Chemical Warfare Service. Notes indicate that 1760 of these shells were issued.

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