The History of Tungsten Alloy Shell

It was uncommon to see Tungsten Alloy Shells filling with explosive until the middle of the 16^th century. In the early days, it was common to find duds in carronades, as the fuse tubes in the carronades are made of synthetic powder which burned slow and thus caused instability when igniting the black power.

It was not until 1823, cannons which could be filled with explosive shells were finally invented by A French General named Henri-Joseph Paixhans. In the 19^th century, most of shells that can be seen are made from cast iron, tungsten alloy shells were used in piercing amour initially, as cast iron shells were incapable of bearing the knockings of new type of powder.   

In World WarⅠ, 70% of injuring of infantries in battle fields were caused by the shell fragments from tungsten alloy shells.   

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