illumination ammunition

Munition for battlefield illumination. Exist as airborne munition with parachute, such as artillery shell (star shell) and aerial bomb (illumination bomb), but also as ground munition, such as flare (illumination flare).
(starshell, star shell, illumination shell, illumination flare, illumination bomb) 

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Frameless

105 mm star shell Hämeenlinna

122 mm D-30 illumination shell Hämeenlinna

160829-N-ZE250-083 (32465304251)

75 mm flare WWI

Artillerie Nachtübung

Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass 2023 (01)

Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass 2023 (02)

Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass (Fletschhorn)

Beleuchtungsgeschoss

BL10pounderStarShellMkII

BL 5.4 inch howitzer star shell Mk I diagram

BL6inch30cwtHowitzerStarShellMkIDiagram

Boxer light ball closed

Boxer light ball opened

British 4 inch 35 lb star shell 1943 diagram

Crestawald 4

Flares fired by M777 howitzers to illuminate during Operation Tora Arwa V in the Kandahar province Aug. 2 2009

M485flare

Shells Fired into Skies over Iwo Jima, February 1945

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Google entry@				Wikidata
image	105 mm star shell Hämeenlinna	2012			Wikimedia
image	122 mm D-30 illumination shell Hämeenlinna	2012			Wikimedia
image	160829-N-ZE250-083 (32465304251)	2016			Wikimedia
image	75 mm flare WWI	2006			Wikimedia
image	Artillerie Nachtübung	2020			Wikimedia
image	Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass 2023 (01)	2023			Wikimedia
image	Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass 2023 (02)	2023			Wikimedia
image	Artillerieschiessen Simplonpass (Fletschhorn)	2022			Wikimedia
image	Beleuchtungsgeschoss	2007			Wikimedia
image	BL10pounderStarShellMkII				Wikimedia
image	BL 5.4 inch howitzer star shell Mk I diagram	1902			Wikimedia
image	BL6inch30cwtHowitzerStarShellMkIDiagram				Wikimedia
image	Boxer light ball closed	1884			Wikimedia
image	Boxer light ball opened	1884			Wikimedia
image	British 4 inch 35 lb star shell 1943 diagram				Wikimedia
image	Crestawald 4	2013			Wikimedia
image	Flares fired by M777 howitzers to illuminate during Operation Tora Arwa V in the Kandahar province Aug. 2 2009	2009			Wikimedia
image	M485flare	2014			Wikimedia
image	Shells Fired into Skies over Iwo Jima, February 1945	2017			Wikimedia