hailshot การใช้

• The projectile had been known since at least the 16th century and was known by various nicknames in the 17th century such as hailshot or partridge shot.
• The surviving gunshields are almost all from the " Mary Rose ", and the four small cast iron hailshot pieces are the only known examples of this type of weapon.
• Determining the direction and spread of case shot ( or hailshot ), which was fired from artillery, proved pivotal in establishing the battlefield's orientation and the starting positions of the Parliamentarian lines.
• The two most common are the " bases ", breech-loading swivel guns, most likely placed in the castles, and " hailshot pieces ", small muzzle-loaders with rectangular bores and fin-like protrusions that were used to support the guns against the railing and allow the ship structure to take the force of the recoil.