Quote Originally Posted by Aedilred View Post
You lose range then, though. Chain shot is much less accurate at any sort of distance than roundshot, and while grapeshot will hit things outside of arrow range, I wouldn't expect it to do anything more than annoy a dragon except at close range.
Canister OTOH is fantastic. It had half again the range of a musket and fired much bigger rounds then grape, it helped end linear tactics because standing and exchanging fire with cannister rounds was suicide. That is why Napoleanic tactics had so many bayonet charges. Even if the 3 inch balls didn't kill it I'm willing to bet they shatter the dragon's wings and it falls from the sky.

Then rifles became popular and had more range and canister disappeared again. A sad day for cannon kind.