Chain shot did not work like that historically -- you'd load both halves of the chain shot entirely into the same cannon, or just load a chain into a cannon, and fire that all at once from one cannon.
If you tried to load a chain down two cannon barrels what would happen is that one side would fire minutely before the other (inevitably due to differences in fuse, powder, etc.) and whip around and slaughter whoever was working the cannons.
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Dr. Hieronymous Alloy
this may not be a "bug" but I didn't know where else to put it.
example:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/934930081138110603/EFCD19F414D1688BC83FCBDB283124C184FEFF57/
Chain shot did not work like that historically -- you'd load both halves of the chain shot entirely into the same cannon, or just load a chain into a cannon, and fire that all at once from one cannon.
If you tried to load a chain down two cannon barrels what would happen is that one side would fire minutely before the other (inevitably due to differences in fuse, powder, etc.) and whip around and slaughter whoever was working the cannons.
here's a good mythbusters clip on chain shot:
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