Talk:Grapeshot

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• "bone fragments could magnify casualties" ??? Can anybody verify this? It soulds a lot like something somedoy saw in a movie... Oom Kosie 17:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• page should include medieval grapeshot, which was used in catapults. Objects used could be metal, wood, garbage, a dead cat, and the contents of chamber pots, when a castle was under siege they would use anything they could spare in their artillery.

• metal slugs roughly the size of grapes
  • I think this isn't correct. Each slug of grapeshot for swivel guns is bigger than a grape. --Ypacaraí 05:56, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Grapes can get very big - but theres no reason why some guns shouldn't have larger shot and it still be called grapeshot. GraemeLeggett 08:08, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was a very famous use of grapeshot. The Union center destroyed Pickett's Charge with grapeshot before it even reached the Union front. Over 6,500 Confederates were killed in the charge by musket and artillery fire. --Excaliburhorn 04:24, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Decembrists

The Decembrist revolt included a very famous use of grapeshot

War at sea

Was grape ever used in ship cannons? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.126.237 (talk) 01:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Blunderbuss

could grapeshot have been used in a blunderbuss? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.227.18 (talk) 20:31, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Naval only, or land also?

The first paragraph of the article implies grapeshot was a naval weapon only, the second discusses the use of grape on land. This needs clarification 96.246.108.108 (talk) 00:24, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Seconded. The article's introduction makes a (convinving) point off differentiating grape shot from canister shot. The later list of famous battles then mixes the two up. I think we should clear up this article to reflect the naval munition exclusively. --MattHelm77 (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

The use of grape (also known as canister) shot was relatively rare in naval guns; They were more often used in land canon. A REDDSON