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Old 14th April 2012, 12:44 AM   #4
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I'm no artillery buff, but I think that the projectiles it fired were not rectangular, but round, arranged in a horizontal row, perhaps in a rectangular sabbot.
Lethal Frisbees ?
They would need to have spin introduced for accuracy I would think .

Maybe case shot made up of flechettes for antipersonnel use ?
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