Age of Sail Gunnery - The Lethality of Splinters (ft.Vasa)

Today we take a look at one of the key mechanics of age of sail naval warfare, the generation of splinters and how they affected people, with the help of Dr Fred Hocker and the Vasa Museum.

More details on the testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRhEiibhCc
Paper on full scale testing:
https://kurage.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/hocker-isbsa-14-proof.pdf
Videos of the cannon being fired:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGd5HLl3GwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpNS0JpnUNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XMOrbOW9DM



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