| There
are various sizes of aerial round shells.
Japanese use
the
"Sun"
unit of measurement
to
classify their shells by size.
1sun
= about 3.3 centimeters. There are‚ Qsun
shell (6 centimeters across) to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8 sun shell. Next,10 sun=1 shaku.
So 30 centimeters shell=12 inches shell called
Shaku-dama in Japanese.
Most foreign countries adopt inch measurement
units.
There
are shells
ranging from 2
inches
all the way up to
24 inches
in size.
The largest shell ever fired was a 48" in
size. Shells are classified by the inside
diameter of the mortar they should be fired
from.
 This
photo shows a 'monument' of various sizes of
HDPE mortar guns
made
located in Japan. (click on photo to enlarge)
HOW HIGH DO
THEY GO?
Japanese
Round Shell Specification Table
This
table shows the size, height, and blooming
across size of each different size shells.
Size
(inches) |
3 |
5 |
6 |
6.5 |
8 |
9 |
12 |
24 |
36 |
Across
(centimeter) |
8.5 |
11.5 |
14.2 |
16.7 |
20.5 |
23.5 |
29.5 |
58.5 |
88.5 |
Weight
(kilogram) |
0.2 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
4.8 |
8.5 |
70 |
280 |
Height
(meter) |
120 |
160 |
190 |
220 |
250 |
280 |
330 |
500 |
600 |
Across
of
bloom
(meter) |
60 |
130 |
170 |
220 |
240 |
280 |
320 |
480 |
500 |
Below
is a photo featuring Chinese shells ranging from
2" to 16" in size.
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