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Case shot  n.  (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister.





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"Case shot" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Boer gunners. 'When the cavalry were barely half a mile behind the rear gun' says an eye-witness 'and we regarded its capture as certain, the LEADING Long Tom deliberately turned to bay and opened with case shot at the pursuers streaming down the hill in single file over the head of his brother gun. It was a magnificent coup, and perfectly successful. The cavalry had to retire, leaving a few men wounded, and by the time our heavy guns had arrived both ...
— The Great Boer War • Arthur Conan Doyle


Words linked to "Case shot" :   canister, ammo, shot


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