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HonoraryMancunian ,

I wonder if it’d work better if the gunpowder chambers were connected a bit, so it all explodes pretty much at once

FireRetardant , (edited )

Make the chambers share a central wick or ignition chamber.

I also wonder if just firing 2 regular canonballs was effective

RestrictedAccount ,

It is the chain that was the innovation

FireRetardant ,

The article/meme specifically states the canon was experimental and the canon never saw battle.

Also didn’t ships already have canons capable of tearing down masts with chained balls by that time?

PugJesus OP ,

The difference there, chain shot, is that the chain is still fairly short, because you can’t really get a large length of chain to reliably ‘unfold’ from a single projectile when fired. This beast had a chain that started unfurled, attached to each cannon ball, and long enough to go all the way down each of the barrels - making it, theoretically, have a massive spread of chain which could scythe down large numbers of troops in formation, instead of just a handful (for which one would generally prefer grapeshot, shrapnel, or canister).

FireRetardant ,

I wonder if a single canon with 3 balls chained together would have worked by loading the center ball

roguetrick ,

It would work in the sense that you’d now have two cannonballs being lifted up towards the gun and crew when the center ball left the barrel, lol.

FireRetardant ,

Two halfings mount the other balls and prepare to be launched into the back lines

Tar_alcaran ,

Gun didn’t explode during testing? --> successful test!

CheeseNoodle ,

I mean around the same period of history the explosion of steamboat boilers (which tended to turn the entire boat into mist) were considered to be completely unpredictable acts of god (it was always lack of maintenance) so… kinda yeh.

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