Confederate

Tennessee Sabot Pattern II, Sub-pattern I

 

DIAMETER: 3.45 inches
GUN: 12-pounder Blakely rifle, 3.5-inch caliber
LENGTH: 7 1/4 inches
WEIGHT: 11 pounds 5 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Shell
SABOT: Copper plate
FUZING: Wooden fuze plug, paper time fuze
The sabot on this pictured projectile has three iron pins that protrude through the copper plate and one center bolt flush with the sabot plate. The Confederates manufactured this pattern for the British 12-pounder (3.5-inch caliber) Blakely rifle in order to keep up with the demand for ammunition, since there was only a limited supply of Britten projectiles imported from Great Britain. Note the impressions of the seven lands and grooves of the Blakely rifle on the copper sabot of this fired projectile.