I think the problem with chain shot was how inaccurate and erratic the shot was, like it could only be used against ships becuase you could aim at the big ass sails. I assume for this thing they were trying to fire both cannon balls out at the same time and try and pull the chain into a flat trajectory. I'm pretty confident this wouldn't have worked even with modern technology, also they had case shot and grape shot back then which would mow down infantry really well.
Naval chain shots put both balls and the chain in the same barrel, it seems the main attempt at innovation here was adding a second one.
Yeah chain-balls worked for centuries, there was no need to "fix" them like this
I think the problem with chain shot was how inaccurate and erratic the shot was, like it could only be used against ships becuase you could aim at the big ass sails. I assume for this thing they were trying to fire both cannon balls out at the same time and try and pull the chain into a flat trajectory. I'm pretty confident this wouldn't have worked even with modern technology, also they had case shot and grape shot back then which would mow down infantry really well.
Well great, now I'm going to be stuck imagining a modern cannon firing chainshot-but-in-shotgun-shell-form all day instead of doing work.
...I wonder if a 40mm shell would be enough to cut through a tree cleanly?