Editing Shrapnel shell (section)

==Modern era==
[[File:SpB-Museum-artillery-100.jpg|thumb|right|Soviet [[9N123K]] shrapnel shell scatters 50 [[9N24]] sub-munitions; often used with the [[OTR-21 Tochka]] launcher]] 
Though shrapnel rounds are now rarely used, apart from the beehive munitions, there are other modern rounds, that use, or have used, the shrapnel principle. The [[DM 111]] 20&nbsp;mm cannon round used for close-range air defense, the flechette-filled 40&nbsp;mm HVCC (40 x 53&nbsp;mm HV grenade), the 35&nbsp;mm cannon (35 × 228&nbsp;mm) [[AHEAD ammunition]] (152 × 3.3{{Nbsp}}g tungsten cylinders), [[RWM Schweiz]] 30 × 173&nbsp;mm air-bursting munition, five-inch (127 mm) shotgun projectile (KE-ET) and possibly more. Also, many modern armies have canister shot ammunition for tank and artillery guns, the XM1028 round for the 120&nbsp;mm [[M256 tank gun]] being one example (approx 1150 tungsten balls at 1,400&nbsp;m/s).

Some [[anti-ballistic missile]]s (ABMs) use shrapnel-like warheads instead of the more common{{Citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=ABMs are nowadays hit-to-kill, except for the Russian system. With ICBM hit by blast/frag, it would be quite impossible to determine if it has been actually disabled.}} blast-fragmentation types. As with a blast-frag warhead, the use of this type of warhead does not require a direct body-on-body impact, so greatly reduces tracking and steering accuracy requirements. At a predetermined distance from the incoming [[re-entry vehicle]] (RV) the warhead releases, in the case of the ABM warhead by an explosive expulsion charge, an array of mainly rod-like sub-projectiles into the RV's flight path. Unlike a blast-frag warhead, the expulsion charge is only needed to release the sub-projectiles from the main warhead, not to accelerate them to high velocity. The velocity required to penetrate the RV's casing comes from the high terminal velocity of the warhead, similar to the shrapnel shell's principle. The reason for the use of this type of warhead and not a blast-frag is that the fragments produced by a blast-frag warhead cannot guarantee penetration of the RV's casing. By using rod-like sub-projectiles, a much greater thickness of material can be penetrated, greatly increasing the potential for disruption of the incoming RV.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

The [[Starstreak missile]] uses a similar system, with three metal darts splitting from the missile prior to impact, although in the case of Starstreak these darts are [[missile guidance|guided]] and contain an explosive charge.