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minus-squarePyrlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoCould they not have had a common housing at the back of the barrels that held all the powder and ignited with one fuse?
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoOr just used 1 barrel, chain shot was already a thing and worked fine with single barelled cannons.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t think that would fix the problem though. You’d still need each cannonball and barrels to be perfectly matched and it’s probably much harder to cast.
Could they not have had a common housing at the back of the barrels that held all the powder and ignited with one fuse?
Or just used 1 barrel, chain shot was already a thing and worked fine with single barelled cannons.
I don’t think that would fix the problem though. You’d still need each cannonball and barrels to be perfectly matched and it’s probably much harder to cast.