Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Chaine Shot

See also: Chaine shot and Chaine shot in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Used as cannon ammunition used to snap ships’ rigging, or as an anti-personnel weapon.

No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Chaine Shot (2) §

Source: The Elements of Armories. Artist unknown. (Page 164.) Adapted by Iago ab Adam.

Chaine Shot (3) §

Adapted from images of shot recovered from the wreck of the Vasa.