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shot) Jump to: navigation, search French chain shot  In
artillery, a chain-shot is an obsolete type of naval ammunition
formed of two sub-calibre balls, or half-balls, chained
together. Bar shot is similar, but joined by a solid bar. They
were used in naval warfare in the age of sailing ships and black
powder cannons to shoot masts, or to cut the shrouds and any
other rigging of a target ship.[1]  Chain shot was used by the
defenders of Magdeburg in May 1631 as an anti-personnel load,
which according to counselor Otto von Guericke was one reason
for the extreme violence of the victorious attackers.[2]   An
example of bar shot  Chain shot was normally not used as an
anti-personnel load; this role was fulfilled more effectively
and at lower cost by canister shot or grapeshot.   In modern
times, the effect is replicated in shotguns with the use of Bolo
shells — a pair of slugs connected by a strong wire.[4] They are
banned in several jurisdictions, i