Confederate
Unknown
DIAMETER: About 7 inches (estimated)
GUN: Possibly 7 inch Brooke rifle
LENGTH: Unknown
WEIGHT: Unknown
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper
FUZING: Bourbon-James "reverse" percussion
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Confederate
DIAMETER: About 7 inches (estimated) |
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| Unfortunately no data is available for this very interesting projectile. A film negative only is in possession of the Washington Navy Yard. It appears to be a 7-inch projectile. Undoubtedly it was an experimental armor puncher, the ratchets on the ogive to give it a bite on the armor and then exploding after penetration. Only specimen noted. | ||||