Improvement In Arrow Projectiles For Ordnance 1865

[plymouthairrifle]

What a wacky idea, shooting arrows out of a cannon. I bought this patent model at a gun show last saturday and it came with the original patent office tag and a copy of the patent. Better yet my wife bought it for my Christmas present.10290102911029210293102941029510296

[Eggman]

Been done. U.S. Army flechette round has thousands of little tiny arrows.

[Ron The Old Reb]

​So! What would it be used for? I don't see where it would be of any use against infantry, grape shot and canister would be more affective .

[Eggman]

It's volume -- carpets a large area with projectiles. Many many many many more than the modes you're suggesting. They're tiny little critters, but extremely disconcerting when passing through one's anatomy.

[Ibgreen]

Use against navel rigging perhaps?

[MR. GADGET]

Use against navel rigging perhaps?

That was my thought.
I remember reading they were used to cut rigging and some used to send lines accross rivers or fort walls.

Navy used I would bet.

[Ron The Old Reb]

"Use against navel rigging perhaps?'

But during the Civil War most if not all ships were steam powered. No rigging.
It would however put a nice hole in the side of a ship.