For the best, but I can't say I'm not morbidly curious as to what the result of one of these monsters would look like. A flurry of feathers and falling bird corpses, I would expect.
In the military of ancient Rome, decimation (from Latin decimatio 'removal of a tenth'[1]) was a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort.
and now:
The word decimation in English is often used to refer to an extreme reduction in the number of a population or force or an overall sense of destruction and ruin.
Usually they are mounted on boats, not fired as a team:
LOL, I moved my kayak around with a 12-gauge.
specifically, mounted on a punt
Excuse me doctor, do you have anything which might treat my currently normal ability to hear sounds?
YOUR WHAT?
Looks deafening
WHAAAAATT????
Oh he's deaf. It's my fault. I uh...
I SO hoped it would be that scene.
So, what's the best war movie of all time and why is it Black Hawk Down?
WHY IS EVERYONE ALL CAPS??
WE'RE ANGRY!
BOOKS ARE BECKONING, YOU SAY?
THEY SAID "ROOKS THE RECKONING!"
Really good for graboids as well
"Broke into the wrong gul dern recroom, you big jerk"
I can't unhear the silly USA network censoring after having watched so many times.
Also low-flying aircraft.
These things would often decimate bird populations. They are not legal to use for hunting anymore.
And somehow massive fishing nets still allowed.
Ducks don't lay a million eggs on one go.
Plenty of fish in the sea
Here's a song about what these guns accomplished.
For the best, but I can't say I'm not morbidly curious as to what the result of one of these monsters would look like. A flurry of feathers and falling bird corpses, I would expect.
decimation then:
and now:
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Muzzle loader? And is that a trigger with no guard?