Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 2.—A type of high-explosive Report of the Medico-Military Aspects of the European War. By Surgeon A. M. Faunt-leroy, U. S. N. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1915. Facing page 16. PROJECTILES 17. 18 GUNSHOT WOUNDS small balls which are liberated by the shock of discharge. Canistersare used at short range when the guns of a battery are in danger ofcapture. Each 3-inch canister contains 244 iron balls, 5/8 of an inchin diameter, weighing 30 to the pound, placed in a receptacle the shapeof a
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . Fig. 2.—A type of high-explosive Report of the Medico-Military Aspects of the European War. By Surgeon A. M. Faunt-leroy, U. S. N. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1915. Facing page 16. PROJECTILES 17. 18 GUNSHOT WOUNDS small balls which are liberated by the shock of discharge. Canistersare used at short range when the guns of a battery are in danger ofcapture. Each 3-inch canister contains 244 iron balls, 5/8 of an inchin diameter, weighing 30 to the pound, placed in a receptacle the shapeof an elongated can. The canister has been entirely superseded by themodern shrapnel. The Shrapnel.—The shrapnel is of special interest to surgeonsbecause of its increasing importance in augmenting the casualty listof battles in modern wars. The shrapnel is a projec-tile which carries a number of bullets at a distancefrom the gun where they are discharged with addedenergy over a wide area from the point of has become the principal projectile of all modernfield artillery. It forms 80 per cent of the ammuni-tion supply of the field It is used againsttroops in masses and material as well. It is used,also, in mountain and siege artillery, and in thesmaller guns of sea coast fortif
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