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English translation: cast (iron) cannonball
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| 15:42 Mar 9, 2024 |
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|  Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 09:37 | ||||
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peer agreement (net): +2cast (iron) cannonball Explanation: A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) 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 large-caliber gun is also called a cannonball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot#:~:text=The cast ir... The cast iron cannonball was introduced by a French artillery engineers after 1450; it had the capacity to reduce traditional English castle wall fortifications to rubble. French armories would cast a tubular cannon body in a single piece, and cannonballs took the shape of a sphere initially made from stone material. |
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