破片杀伤是指炮兵抛射物(炮弹)、炸弹、手榴弹等爆炸时,其内部的炸药将外壳撕成许多破片来杀伤目标的过程。
该词在英语中也经常简化为frag,有时对于非预制的破片也称"shards"或"splinters"预制的破片套可以是球形、管形等多种形状,人们还在外壳上刻上花纹,认为这样就会使得破片成为差不多的大小和形状,但事实并非如此[1]。人们还经常错误地把"shrapnel(榴霰杀伤)"当作破片,事实上榴霰弹得名于英军军官施拉普奈的将许多铁珠装进弹头的发明。(这种误解正如把所有肩扛式导弹都叫“巴祖卡”一样) [2][3][4]
- ^ 存档副本. [2020-05-19]. (原始内容存档于2021-04-26).
- ^ "..shrapnel doctors removed from his knee after the humvee he was riding in hit a land mine.." (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), US DOD
- ^ "...An anti-shrapnel netting could reduce the damage done by explosive blasts..." (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), US Air force
- ^ "...The shrapnel had penetrated his chest and lung ..." (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), UK Ministry of Defence