Confederate
Brooke, Sub-pattern III
DIAMETER: 7.9 inches
GUN: 8-inch Brooke Rifle
LENGTH: 15 inches
WEIGHT: About 116 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper, Brooke Ratchet Disc
FUZING: See Remarks
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Confederate
DIAMETER: 7.9 inches |
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| A rare shell for the 8-inch Brooke rifle, without bourrelets, the projectile body is machined to bore size with a rebated ogive. The fuzing is very unusual: a long copper tube is inserted in a copper fuze plug, the tube receiving a paper time fuze. Exact reason for this arrangement is unknown. | ||||