Powder Keg Bomb

A small keg or container packed with gunpowder and a fuse, used as an improvised explosive device to breach a door, hatch, or hull section during a boarding or raid. Its larger charge than a hand grenado made it useful for destructive rather than purely anti-personnel purposes. Privateers conducting shore raids sometimes used powder charges to breach fortifications or storehouses.

Quick Facts

Weapon TypeExplosive
Era Used17th-18th century
Range / UseBoarding/Thrown

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