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Originally Posted by magic452
Since someone brought up 64 pounders and such, something that I often wondered about but never bothered to do the research on, when did they change from just shooting steel balls and start using exploding shells?
I'm so old I should remember but the memory just ain't what is use to be.
I'll be Steve remembers as he's a little younger than me.
Good and interesting post as well. 
Magic |
Do you mean like a modern contact shell? There were the rifled guns, such as a 3inch ordinance rifle, or a parrot rifle.
For a smoothbore gun, they had timerfuse case shot.
