Mine shell
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A mine shell (from German: Minengeschoss, "mine shot") or high-explosive, high-capacity (HEHC)[lower-alpha 1] in British military nomenclature,[1][2][3] is a military explosive shell type characterized by thin (usually steel) shell walls and a correspondingly high quantity of explosives, much higher than the traditional high-explosive shell type per caliber, meaning that mine shells trade fragmentation effect (due to the thinner shell walls) for a higher pressure wave effect when comparing to traditional high-explosive shells.
Mine shells were originally developed during the mid- to late 1800s against fortresses prior to rebar but got a new role during World War II against air targets as reinforced fortresses had made the original use of the type obsolete around World War I.