Cornelius Chavis
pbl-cannon (pre-1700 century)
The Round Shot Cannon
The Round Shot cannon is a solid projectile without explosive from fire arms or cannons. The cannon's design is spherical, its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the gun that it's fired from. It was the most popular firearm during the age of sail. being replaced after the invention by Benjamin Robin of the extruded bullet. Round shot has the disadvantages of not being tightly fitted into the bore and to do so would cause jamming in the cannon. This would cause the shot to rattle down the gun barrel and leave the barrel at an angle unless wadding or a discarding sabot is used. The Round Shot cannon has been completely replaced with small arms bullets and by modern shells in artillery.
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