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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not a cannon designer but... why the fuck would you have separate barrels? Particularly when the timing is... sort of a big deal? Wasn't grapeshot already a thing? Couldn't you have packed the balls and chain into something that would fit the barrel?

[โ€“] Telodzrum 14 points 1 year ago

Not just that, but chain shot and bar shot were already things.