Grapeshot...in land battles...

[Condottiere SOG]

Just been trying to add it to the game...got the projectiles file all set...just wondering if anyone else knows what else is needed.

[Colonel Hopper]

Grapeshot? In addition to Canister shot? For all intents and purposes they are the same thing after they leave the barrel.

[Condottiere SOG]

No they are not. Canister are nails, rocks, iron slag, iron slugs and musket balls enclosed in a tin/leather case(hence case-shot) or tin canister(hence canister-shot) and used mostly against infantry ... Grapeshot are artillery rounds of the 1, 2, and 3 pounder range clustered in a canvas bag...highly effective against cavalry, which can be resistant to small-arms fire.

[pappagoat]

The ACW mod had grape for the 12lbrs. Basically made the 12lbr shrapnel shot into a second type of cannister shot, with larger projectiles in less number.