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Federal
DIAMETER: 2.94 inches |
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| The base cup on this pictured projectile is flat, and therefore of post-war manufacture. The protective cover of the Hotchkiss percussion fuze has been removed to show the flammable material that was used to help direct flame to the punched 14-second Hotchkiss-Bormann time fuze. If the Hotchkiss-Bormann time fuze failed to ignite or burned beyond the range intended, the center Hotchkiss percussion fuze was designed to detonate the shell on impact. This post-war Hotchkiss variety has been recovered from American Indian War battle sites. | ||||