The 60 mm mortar is used by the infantry to lob high-explosive and white phosphorus smoke shells at well-protected hostile locations.
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The M88 hexachloroethane smoke shell was used to create smoke screens, or to flush enemy infantry out of buildings or fortified positions.
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By 11 a . m . ( 1300 GMT ), the fire was out, and the 63-year-old terminal was a smoking shell.
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He was the first British general to use smoke shells to create screens, and one of the first advocates of predicted artillery fire.
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A mortar can also be a launcher for fireworks, a hand-held or vehicle-mounted projector for smoke shells or flares, or a large grenade launcher.
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Ambulances raced to the area to ferry victims to other hospitals from the two units, which were reduced to empty, smoking shells, witnesses said.
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Amblances raced to the area to ferry victims to other hospitals from the two units, which were reduced to empty, smoking shells, witnesses said.
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The British brigades could not communicate with their artillery due to the rain and because the Germans also used smoke shell in their creeping barrage.
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Smoke shells were also fired into the hills east of the Torokina River to reduce the ability of the Japanese to observe the Marine positions.
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Vinet said Serbs fired on a U . N . convoy Sunday morning, and French peacekeepers responded with a smoke shell aimed at the Serb positions.
