Grape gun
As grapeshot cannon were mainly in the 19th century guns called, missed the small-caliber bullets.
Technically, it meant very different guns:
- decommissioned field guns , with smooth barrel, which were no longer suitable for long-range combat. These were loaded with grape bullets for defense against infantry at fortresses .
- Volley guns
- Repeater guns
Individual evidence
literature
- Rolf Wirtgen: History and Technology of Automatic Weapons in Germany - Part 1: From the Beginnings to 1871 . ISBN 3813202623 .