章 269: 265, a shell

The cannon fuses of the Great Tang Group were far superior to any other shrapnel fuses of the era, with precision that made them appear completely out of place in their time.

Although the yield rate of the shells wasn't particularly high due to the precision processing, it was leagues ahead of the shrapnel that Shireck had just begun to mass-produce.

Even more, these fuses had a safety mechanism that was completely separate from the shell, to be installed only at the time of firing.

When the soldiers used a special tool to twist the safety on the shell and put it in a fully activated state, the enemy's nightmare seemed to begin.

This shell was then loaded into the cannon, followed by the propellant, and then the breech was tightly sealed.

The brand new breech, an improvement over the C64's wedge breech by a generation, opted for a threaded style more appropriate for large-caliber artillery. This was better suited for naval guns and also increased the rate of fire.