illumination ammunition

illumination ammunition is a shell or weapon type.

Also recorded as star shell; starshell; illumination shell; illumination bomb; illumination flare.

Overview

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).

In detail

illumination ammunition is a shell or weapon type.

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Star shell”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q13542645: illumination ammunition
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