[Beagle8U]

Grape shot was some nasty stuff and caused terrible wounds.

72 cal round lead balls shot from a cannon will cause a variety of damage to the human body.

[jamaksin]

Oh, yes - agreed and understood.

But ... on those riots - those were quelled PDQ. And that was the object of the exercise.

[Redcitizen]

Here’s a vid of modern grapeshot fired from a 120mm tank shell. 1100 tungsten balls at 10mm in size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgn1nhUEgo8