illumination ammunition

A shell, in a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell, but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. A shell can hold a tracer.

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illumination bomb; illumination flare; illumination shell; star shell; starshell
shell, 

250 pound bomb, B77 nuclear bomb, Blohm & Voss BV 143, Blohm & Voss BV 246, BOLT-117, CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, FAB-3000, GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-16 Paveway II, GBU-28, Henschel Hs 294, HOPE/HOSBO, KAB-500L, M864, Mark 8 nuclear bomb, Reliable Replacement Warhead, SC1000 bomb, Tsetse primary, W19, weapon functional class, 

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Frameless

British 4 inch 35 lb star shell 1943 diagram

BL10pounderStarShellMkII

BL6inch30cwtHowitzerStarShellMkIDiagram

RML 7 pounder star shell diagram

BL 5.4 inch howitzer star shell Mk I diagram

MARIBYRNONG. ASSEMBLING A STAR SHELL AND CARTRIDGE CASE. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOTTOMLEY).

Beleuchtungsgeschoss

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

105 mm star shell Hämeenlinna

122 mm D-30 illumination shell Hämeenlinna

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		British 4 inch 35 lb star shell 1943 diagram		Commons
commons	image		BL10pounderStarShellMkII		Commons
commons	image		BL6inch30cwtHowitzerStarShellMkIDiagram		Commons
commons	image		RML 7 pounder star shell diagram		Commons
commons	image		BL 5.4 inch howitzer star shell Mk I diagram		Commons
commons	image		MARIBYRNONG. ASSEMBLING A STAR SHELL AND CARTRIDGE CASE. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOTTOMLEY).		Commons
commons	image		Beleuchtungsgeschoss		Commons
commons	image		Flares fired by M777 howitzers to illuminate during Operation Tora Arwa V in the Kandahar province Aug. 2 2009		Commons
commons	image		105 mm star shell Hämeenlinna		Commons
commons	image		122 mm D-30 illumination shell Hämeenlinna		Commons