The difference there, chain shot, is that the chain is still fairly short, because you can’t really get a large length of chain to reliably ‘unfold’ from a single projectile when fired. This beast had a chain that started unfurled, attached to each cannon ball, and long enough to go all the way down each of the barrels - making it, theoretically, have a massive spread of chain which could scythe down large numbers of troops in formation, instead of just a handful (for which one would generally prefer grapeshot, shrapnel, or canister).
The difference there, chain shot, is that the chain is still fairly short, because you can’t really get a large length of chain to reliably ‘unfold’ from a single projectile when fired. This beast had a chain that started unfurled, attached to each cannon ball, and long enough to go all the way down each of the barrels - making it, theoretically, have a massive spread of chain which could scythe down large numbers of troops in formation, instead of just a handful (for which one would generally prefer grapeshot, shrapnel, or canister).
I wonder if a single canon with 3 balls chained together would have worked by loading the center ball
More beads. Like, 20 of them. Load one, put the others up my bum. Fire the cannon. Pure bliss.