Curious about where these kinds of ordnance might have come from,
From ; "The Arsenal of the World: Dutch Arms Trade in the Seventeenth Century", Jan Piet Puype and Marco van der Hoeven,1996 p.69
glossary of some terms pertaining to cannon shot:
los schwerp: chain shot, two cannon balls linked with a chain
schuiftang: expanding bar shot, 'boutkagel' with expanding bar
bout, boutkagel,schietbout: bar shot; bar shaped cannon ball or two cannon balls connected with bar.
kneppel: two cannon balls linked by an iron bar
kruisscherp, kruisbal: cannon ball with transverse bar
lang scherpp: rectangular cannon projectiles
Arms merchants in Dordrecht and Liege sold these products, many of which were made in Germany, Poland or Sweden.
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