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Polish term or phrase:
kula lana
English translation:
cast (iron) cannonball
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Mar 9 15:42
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Polish term
kula lana
Polish to English
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Military / Defense
Typ pocisku do armaty, okres napoleoński.
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cast (iron) cannonball
A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a large-caliber gun is also called a cannonball.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot#:~:text=The cast ir...
The cast iron cannonball was introduced by a French artillery engineers after 1450; it had the capacity to reduce traditional English castle wall fortifications to rubble. French armories would cast a tubular cannon body in a single piece, and cannonballs took the shape of a sphere initially made from stone material.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot#:~:text=The cast ir...
The cast iron cannonball was introduced by a French artillery engineers after 1450; it had the capacity to reduce traditional English castle wall fortifications to rubble. French armories would cast a tubular cannon body in a single piece, and cannonballs took the shape of a sphere initially made from stone material.
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