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.
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.
Been done. U.S. Army flechette round has thousands of little tiny arrows.
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 .
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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.
Use against navel rigging perhaps?
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"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.
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Formerly 6587V
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( Co. C 116 Infantry, 106th Pennsylvania Regiment, Gettysburg
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