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Definition of Case shot

Case shot
Case shot Case" shot` (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. Note: 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 applied to what in the United States is called canister. --Wilhelm.

Meaning of Case shot from wikipedia

- Case shot broadly describes any multi-projectile artillery ammunition. The canister round is known as a case, so canister was sometimes called case shot...
- shot. Second, the shot was cast large enough to cut rigging, destroy spars and blocks, and puncture multiple sails. Canister shot, also known as case...
- Calcium selenide (chemical formula: CaSe) Case-hardening, a process of hardening the surface of a metal object Case-shot, a type of anti-personnel canister...
- A **** shot is the depiction of human ejaculation, especially onto another person. The term is usually applied to depictions occurring in **** films...
- round shot a distance of 1,619 to 1,680 yd (1,480 to 1,536 m) at 5° elevation. It could also fire canister shot, common s****, and spherical case shot. The...
- took part in the Jena and Eylau. But he is remembered chiefly for the case shot attack, which was the central feature of Napoleon's matured tactical system...
- Four guns, along with 4,000 common s****, 4,000 shrapnel s**** and 800 case shot were purchased by the South African Republic (informally known as the...
- Lord Uxbridge's leg was shattered, probably by a piece of case shot, at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon. The am****ted right limb became...
- (2.8 kg) round shot up to a distance of 1,523 yd (1,393 m) at 5° elevation. It could also fire canister shot and spherical case shot (shrapnel). The...
- type of pre-****embled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute...