These kinds of projectile are most interesting, but it seems not often discussed in general arms and ordnance dialogue in any detail. Is there a way to estimate age or period by the type of shot, manner of joining elements etc. ?
Were these used in any particular period over another, favored by certain forces such as ground troops vs. naval?
It seems, according to some references I have seen, these and chain shot while thought to be naval, and used to destroy rigging, these kinds of shot were often used with horrific anti personnel use even ashore.
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