Also known as: John Philip Schenkl.
| Known for | The Schenkl projectile and Schenkl fuzes |
|---|---|
| Field | Rifled-artillery projectiles and fuzes |
Projectile and fuze inventor
John P. Schenkl was an American inventor whose name is attached to a family of Civil War ordnance: the Schenkl projectile, with its tapered body and papier-mache sabot, and the Schenkl combination and percussion fuzes.
His projectiles and fuzes were used in the Federal rifled artillery, and surviving examples are a familiar part of the record of Civil War rifled ammunition.
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Sources & further reading
- CivilWarArtillery.com research archive: biographical and ordnance references.