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Oklahoma man's home hit with stray artillery shell fired from cannon 3 miles away
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| 06/26/2014
| Jenna O'Donnell
Posted on 06/26/2014 12:33:22 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: nascarnation; All
For discussion purposes...
61
posted on
06/26/2014 1:29:34 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: Joe 6-pack
Hence the terms “being shelled” or “shelling”.
What others are calling shells are actually casings.
To: All
63
posted on
06/26/2014 1:31:57 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: SeaHawkFan
Wrong quadrant, wrong azimuth of fire, wrong charge.
So many odd things to consider in that.
The investigators will look at the record of fire, the firing data, the actual info on the pantels, and eventually somebody is in trouble.
64
posted on
06/26/2014 1:31:57 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: All
65
posted on
06/26/2014 1:34:34 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: Bushbacker1
An artillery round of the type in this story consists of two basic parts...
1) Projectile - if explosive it is referred to as shell. If non explosive it is referred to as shot.
2) Cartridge Case or Casing - Ferrous or non ferrous metal canister containing propellant and ignition primer.
The terminology used in this story is correct.
66
posted on
06/26/2014 1:35:27 PM PDT
by
XRdsRev
(New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
To: vette6387
Captain Dan Dan Fielding
67
posted on
06/26/2014 1:38:02 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: duffee
Yeah, they always have some excuse.
68
posted on
06/26/2014 1:38:57 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
You get a shoulder fired 105.......LOL
69
posted on
06/26/2014 1:39:13 PM PDT
by
biff
(WAS)
To: nascarnation
70
posted on
06/26/2014 1:39:24 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: Aarchaeus
“Wow!! The SHELL went three miles! No telling how far the projectile went!”
I don’t know if it was a shell or projectile to be technical accurate however shell is used generically for both shells and projectiles.
To: Portcall24
“Cant believe it took 10 posts to offer this point. Thanks.”
Go do your research.
To: B4Ranch
“If the shell hit the house how far did the round go?”
Please do some research and come back and edit your post.
To: Osage Orange
74
posted on
06/26/2014 1:50:32 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: TexasGator
What I want to know is if “cannon” is a proper term for a howitzer? I thought they were called “guns”.
75
posted on
06/26/2014 1:52:18 PM PDT
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
To: Safetgiver
Bet you didn’t sit comfortably for a few days, did you?
76
posted on
06/26/2014 1:55:35 PM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
To: XRdsRev
1) Projectile - if explosive it is referred to as shell. If non explosive it is referred to as shot.
The terminology used in this story is correct. As it was non-explosive, should that have been called shot and not shell?
77
posted on
06/26/2014 1:56:27 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: aimhigh
In the 1800s, when artillery was the King of Battles, shot was of various types - for example solid shot, which would be a solid ball of iron, very powerful, but limited in effect unless they hit a target directly.
There were also “shells”, which were hollow iron balls, filled with powder and fused to explode in flight, sending shrapnel over a wider area.
(In addition there was grapeshot, chainshot, etc.)
The term “shell” referred to the casing that held the explosive charge that was sent to the target. Most artillery projectiles nowadays are shells.
It might be possible to have a solid round for practice or for cannon target shooting, those could correctly be called “shot”, rather than shells, although the shell nomenclature might be carried over.
78
posted on
06/26/2014 1:58:30 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(What's sad is most)
To: thackney
79
posted on
06/26/2014 2:00:03 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: thackney
That’s about right, I don’t know what an artillerist would call a solid projectile nowadays.
In this case, where the projectile ended up on the foor, I’d guess it ricocheted and was spent. I’d expect a projectile that hadn’t ricochets would have gone right through the house.
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posted on
06/26/2014 2:01:45 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(What's sad is most)
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