page_title: Mine shell (projectile)
hierarchical_section_title: Mine shell (projectile)
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Bild som visar skillnaderna mellan de olika explosiva granaterna, pansargranat, halvpansargranat, spränggranat och mingranat. English: Picture that shows: APHE, SAPHE, HE and Mine shells.
context_page_description: A mine shell is a military shell type characterized by thin walls and a correspondingly high payload of explosives. Originally used to attack fortifications, it is today mainly used against aircraft, both in ground-based and airborne weaponry.
context_section_description: A mine shell (directly translated from the German term Minengeschoss) is a military shell type characterized by thin walls and a correspondingly high payload of explosives. Originally used to attack fortifications, it is today mainly used against aircraft, both in ground-based and airborne weaponry.
caption: Some classic shell types, from left to right:
  Armor piercing high explosive shell.
  Semi armor piercing high explosive shell.
  High explosive shell.
  Mine shell.
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