heated shot

Heated shot or hot shot is round shot that is heated before firing from muzzle-loading cannons, for the purpose of setting fire to enemy warships, buildings, or equipment. The use of heated shot dates back centuries. It was a powerful weapon against wooden warships, where fire was always a hazard. It was rendered obsolete in the mid-19th century when vessels armored with iron replaced wooden warships in the world's navies. Also at around the same time, the replacement of solid-iron shot with exploding shells gave artillery a far more destructive projectile that could be fired immediately without preparation.

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heated cannonball; hot shot
artillery ammunition, incendiary weapon, cannonball, 
107 mm gun M1910/30, 152 mm gun M1910/34, Faule Grete, Faule Mette, Hispano-Suiza HS.831, MT-12 antitank gun, weapon functional class, 

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Model van een gloeioven, NG-MC-53

Furnace used for making red-hot shot inside of Fort Moultrie. - NARA - 524999

FTSumterEastBarracksSep1863a

Red-hot shot furnace

GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace plaque01

GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace01

GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace02

Iron furnace for heating iron shot during the Great Siege, Gibraltar Museum

The magazine and hot shot furnace (left) at Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

Discharge from the hot shot furnace, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Dlorida, USA

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Model van een gloeioven, NG-MC-53		Commons
commons	image		Furnace used for making red-hot shot inside of Fort Moultrie. - NARA - 524999		Commons
commons	image		FTSumterEastBarracksSep1863a		Commons
commons	image		Red-hot shot furnace		Commons
commons	image		GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace plaque01		Commons
commons	image		GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace01		Commons
commons	image		GA Richmond Hill Fort McAllister furnace02		Commons
commons	image		Iron furnace for heating iron shot during the Great Siege, Gibraltar Museum		Commons
commons	image		The magazine and hot shot furnace (left) at Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA		Commons
commons	image		Discharge from the hot shot furnace, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Dlorida, USA		Commons