Short-range artillery anti-personnel shell filled with pellets, chain-links, etc.
• A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
Non-explosive artillery projectile consisting of a sheet-metal canister filled with lead or cast-iron balls. On being fired from a gun the canister is split by the force of the propellant...
Case' shot` (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. » In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel . In Europe the term case shot is...
Similar artillery ammunition to canister.
Case-shot was an early form of shrapnel shell. Small iron balls were put into a cylindrical box (called a canister) that just fits the bore of the gun. The shell was then fired like any other projectile.
[n] - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
canister 1 canister shot noun a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
A collection of small projectiles put in cases to fire from a cannon; a canister-shot.