Round shot
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A round shot is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a l
Various types of round shot made from stone, iron and lead found on board the 16th-century carrack Mary Rose
Mons Meg with its 20-inch caliber (51 cm), 386 lb (175 kg) cannonballs
Cannonball equipped with winglets for rifled cannons, c. 1860
Vault full of cannonballs in the Omoa fortress, Honduras.
Mons Meg
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Mons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Environment Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. It has a barrel diameter of 20 inches, ma
Round shot
…Various types of round shot made from stone, iron and lead found on board the 16th-century carrack Mary Rose Mons Meg with its 20-inch caliber (51 cm), 386 lb (175 kg) cannonballs Cannonball equipped with winglets for rifled cannons, c. 1860 A round shot (also called…
The bore (internal diameter) of the cannon is 50 cm (20 in), plenty wide enough to contain a child.
Side view. The oval slots in the breech were for levers to unscrew it from the barrel.
Burst iron ring which put the cannon out of use, revealing the iron staves forming the barrel