content: Artillary from that era was scary. Gunners used to aim guns low, so the ball would skip off the ground like a skimming stone and plough through multiple ranks of infantry. They also had grape, case and canister shot, which turned their cannon into 6ft long shotguns. And then there was chainshot and barshot, which were two cannonballs welded to a metal rod or chain, so it'd spin around and tear shit up over a slightly larger area. They were originally developed for dismasting ships, but I think they used them on people too.