Although extinction events happen very rarely, large projectiles can do severe damage.
These machines used mechanical energy to fling large projectiles to batter down stone walls.
"Do your people have any estimate of how much larger projectiles the visitor could withstand?"
The speed of the shell gave it the kinetic energy of a much larger projectile.
It was also found that some radars could detect large projectiles in flight.
The purpose of firing a large calibre projectile is not always the same.
Armor protection on the other hand was seriously considered since larger projectiles were anticipated.
Jake was sitting high and forward on a large projectile shaped like an arrow head.
Artillery are large guns designed to fire large projectiles a great distance.
The unfinished V-3 cannon would have been able to fire somewhat larger projectiles to a longer range, and with a substantially higher rate of fire.