Projectile Cross Sections

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US 10-pounder Parrott Case-Shot

US 10-pounder

Parrott Case-Shot

US 10-pounder Parrott Bormann Fused Case-Shot

US 10-pounder

Read-Parrott Bormann Fused Case-Shot

CS 10-pounder Read-Parrott Tredgar Foundry

CS 10-pounder

Read-Parrott Shell - Tredgar Foundry

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CS 10-pounder

Read-Parrott Shell

Smooth-sided

CS 3-inch Virginia Style Read Shell

CS 3-inch

Virginia Style Read Shell

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CS 3.3-inch

Read Shell

US 3-inch Schenkl Shell

US 3-inch

Schenkl Shell

US 3-inch Schenkl Case-Shot Combination Fuze

US 3-inch

Schenkl Case-Shot Combination Fuze

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US 4.4-inch Navy

Schenkl Shell

CS Selma Pattern

"Lines of Weakness" Interior

CS 12-pounder Polygonial Cavity Ground Burst Reconstructed

CS 12-pounder

Polygonal Cavity Ground Burst Reconstructed

CS 12-pounder Canister Reconstructed

CS 12-pounder

Canister Reconstructed