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re: Question for military folks.

Posted on 12/22/21 at 5:17 pm to
Posted by IceTiger
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Posted on 12/22/21 at 5:17 pm to
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is the canister (or grapeshot) round from the American Civil War period.


Catapults/trebuchets and the like occasionally used a grapeshot style round to be cast into a sieged town. It was used for psychological effect.
It's noted the romans also used a flechette style ballista round.
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