Battery Totten with mortars was assigned to explode shells over the southeast walls, or at any hidden batteries outside the fort.
Yet the plows still explode shells, and bomb disposal officers are still killed.
This facility proved useful when, in the midst of bombardment, exploding shells drowned out voice communication.
The attacking fleets were now a confused mob taking desperate evasive action to avoid what must have seemed to be a sea full of deadly torpedoes, exploding shells and charging ships.
It may be of interest to note that a great number of the bursts on the water were of the nature of exploding 5" shells rather than bombs.
The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from fragments caused by exploding shells above.
Damage to Buildings Exploding shells tore chunks from Bosnia and Herzegovina's government office tower, Sarajevo's city hall, and many apartment buildings and offices.
Also thrown up by the blast were thousands of as yet unexploded military munitions, which fell in a rain of exploding shells, grenades and bullets casting further destruction across most of the northern section of the city.
In a corny touch that works, the muffled sound of exploding shells and marching feet is heard in the background.
Upon arrival at the aid station, Hawkeye gets the place organized, and Klinger patches a call into Radar, but the call is cut short when exploding live shells land near the station.