Anti aircraft shrapnel.

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Looks like it might be shrapnel .

some from a Chinese rocket 1970.

 

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Looks like it might be shrapnel . View attachment 2009919 some from a Chinese rocket 1970.

Yes, I think mine are from a 3.7 inch, there was a battery up at jenny cliff, I find tons of it from the Plymouth blitz probably.

 

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Does anyone know what anti aircraft shells look like before there fired ? Do they put pieces of shrapnel inside or just t he shell separates ?

 

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Does anyone know what anti aircraft shells look like before there fired ? Do they put pieces of shrapnel inside or just t he shell separates ?

 

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I have pieces of the fuze, with height settings visible.

 

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Thank you pauley. So just the shells explodes sending fragments all over

 

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Thank you pauley. So just the shells explodes sending fragments all over

 

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I think mine was fired from here.

 

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Thank you pauley. So just the shells explodes sending fragments all over

Yes, they reach a certain height and the timer on the fuel sets them off.