It's a heavy, stable, well-made platform capable of spitting out thousands of 230-grain projectiles without requiring repairs. |
The ability to aim projectiles is one advantage our ancestors might have enjoyed. |
The gun fires separate loading projectiles which have semi-combustible cartridge case and sabot. |
The new tapering projectiles could be directed with greater accuracy when rifling was introduced in artillery barrels. |
Tornado, Jaguar and Harrier jets, of the Royal Air Force, scream overhead loosing off powerful projectiles which thud into the targets below. |
In a siege, the ramparts of the castle were often bombarded by large projectiles from catapults. |