Quote Originally Posted by Didz View Post
The other surprising thing was the range of cannister, and I found myself wondering why if it had such a long range its use was so limited. Apparently, the British restricted its use to ranges under 350 yards, whilst the French allowed it up to 600 yards.
As the balls spread out as well as lose energy they had to keep the range short.

The tin case would disintegrate when it left the barrel so there would not be any extra barrel wear.

So they never had that many canister rounds because they would rarely get to shoot that many as the enemy infantry would either be advancing or getting shot to pieces rather quickly.


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