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Old 11-04-2014, 12:02 PM   #1
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Technically, those are "metal fragments". Shrapnel (from the French), are pieces of the actual metal casing of the bomb or artillery round. In either case, they would cause major owiees in the wound site.
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Old 11-04-2014, 04:43 PM   #2
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True, but as with everything else from the French, we made it more gooder.
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