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What is a name for bomb fragments?
Shrapnel.
What are the chracteristics of a shrapnel wound?
Shrapnel wounds (generally during war time) comes in various forms: * Shrapnel is extremely sharp and it's caused by a bomb or grenade (booby traps). The thrust can sever a head or limbs. * Shrapnel can embed itself into a human body destroying organs, or, if the poor soldier is lucky enough it can be removed. * Shrapnel causes paralysis in the less fortunate (severs the spinal column.) * Shrapnel can also enter the gut area and cause severe damage laying the person's stomach wide open. * Shrapnel can enter the body at any angle and can be in extremely small pieces which is difficult for the surgeon to remove.
What year was shrapnel invented?
Preety sure shrapnel was invented when someone went, hey see those guys over there, I really want them to blow up, but there really far away, thus the grenade was born.
How do you get shrapnel wounds?
It happens when a person is struck by a piece of a projectile, grenade, or flying piece of debris that is the result of an explosion. Many grenades such as the fragmentation grenade were made to send many pieces of shrapnel fly in all directions causing maximum damage.
What was a constant threat to soldiers during the civil war?
Bullets? Shrapnel? Wet boots/socks? Angry badgers?
