20-pounder Parrott rifle
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20-pounder-parrott-rifle-300-4167372
title:
20-pounder Parrott rifle
text:
The 20-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a cast iron muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and employed in field artillery units during the American Civil War. As with other Parrott rifles, the gun breech was reinforced by a distinctive wrought iron reinforcing band. The gun fired a 20 lb (9.1 kg) projectile to a distance of 1,900 yd (1,737 m) at an elevation of 5°. The 20-pounder Parrott rifle could fire shell, shrapnel shell, canister shot, and mor
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Type of rifled cannon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20-pounder_Parrott_rifle
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date modified:
2022-07-06T05:59:57Z
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