People wounded and killed in modern artillery barrages or from airstrikes with bombs have been hit with shell fragments, not shrapnel.
I don't think shrapnel has been used since WWI.
What is the difference between artillery shrapnel and shell fragments?
Don't even get me started on the difference between a 'mortar', a 'cannon', and a 'howitzer'.
Oh, I thought shrapnel was what Cheney's lawyer *suffered* from.