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Old 07-01-2009, 11:55 PM
bsmith13 bsmith13 is offline
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Originally Posted by Tomo View Post
Could anyone explain the difference between Cannons and Machine guns. Sorry i know this sounds quite naive, but honestly i don't know.
While explosive bullets were developed for machine guns, all cannon shells were meant to explode. The hitting power was tremendous, as a cannon round would not merely penetrate and expend itself, it would detonate and take a piece of the target with it.
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