On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:58:04 -0600 "Everett Doyle" <194cbteng@pchnet.com>
writes:
> How does this compare to the "grape shot" used in this country
> during the "War or Northern Aggression" in the late 1860's.
Everett,
The original term for short-range antipersonnel shot was "langridge".
Langridge consisted of loading a charge, wad, and whatever you could find
that would hurt someone when it was fired out. Eventually a gunner
thought to package this loose langridge into a more manageable case,
hense the name "case shot".
A cloth bag was often filled with steel balls and tightly bound with
cord. This binding of the cord caused the shot to resemble a bunch of
grapes, hense the name "grape shot".
Grape shot contains no internal bursting charge or external metal
container. Shrapnel is carried in a projectile and dispersed via a small
charge.
Lance
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