A cannon chainshot

Jim McDougall · 3rd June 2022, 04:12 AM

Curious about where these kinds of ordnance might have come from,

From ; "The Arsenal of the World: Dutch Arms Trade in the Seventeenth Century", Jan Piet Puype and Marco van der Hoeven,1996 p.69
glossary of some terms pertaining to cannon shot:

los schwerp: chain shot, two cannon balls linked with a chain
schuiftang: expanding bar shot, 'boutkagel' with expanding bar

bout, boutkagel,schietbout: bar shot; bar shaped cannon ball or two cannon balls connected with bar.

kneppel: two cannon balls linked by an iron bar

kruisscherp, kruisbal: cannon ball with transverse bar

lang scherpp: rectangular cannon projectiles

Arms merchants in Dordrecht and Liege sold these products, many of which were made in Germany, Poland or Sweden.

3rd June 2022, 04:12 AM	#18
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,286	Curious about where these kinds of ordnance might have come from, From ; "The Arsenal of the World: Dutch Arms Trade in the Seventeenth Century", Jan Piet Puype and Marco van der Hoeven,1996 p.69 glossary of some terms pertaining to cannon shot: los schwerp: chain shot, two cannon balls linked with a chain schuiftang: expanding bar shot, 'boutkagel' with expanding bar bout, boutkagel,schietbout: bar shot; bar shaped cannon ball or two cannon balls connected with bar. kneppel: two cannon balls linked by an iron bar kruisscherp, kruisbal: cannon ball with transverse bar lang scherpp: rectangular cannon projectiles Arms merchants in Dordrecht and Liege sold these products, many of which were made in Germany, Poland or Sweden.