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Encyclopedia > Canister shot

Canister shot was a kind of anti-personnel ammunition used in cannons. It was similar to grape shot.


Canister shot consisted of a metal canister filled with lead musket bullets. When it was fired the canister would explode and the bullets would spread out causing a wide swath of destruction.


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Canister shot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (512 words)
Canister shot was a kind of anti-personnel ammunition used in cannons.
Canister shot consisted of a closed cylindrical metal canister typically filled with round lead or iron balls, normally packed with sawdust to add more solidity to the mass and to prevent the balls from crowding each other when the round was fired.
The canister itself was usually made of tin, often dipped in a lacquer of beeswax diluted with turpentine to prevent oxidation and rusting of the metal.
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A peculiarity of canister shot was the color of the smoke that attended the firing of canister.
Canister shot, like case shot and grape shot, was chosen for use based on the distance of the enemy from the piece, and the efficacy of ammunition required for that distance.
Canister shot would break apart as a result of the explosive force of the propelling charge, scattering its load of shot after the fashion of a shotgun blast.
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