Brooke rifle
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The Brooke rifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke, an officer in the Confederate States Navy. They were produced by plants in Richmond, V
A 7-inch (178 mm) single-banded Brooke rifle captured aboard CSS Atlanta
Drawing of a single-banded Brooke for the CSS Texas
A 8-inch (203 mm) double-banded Brooke rifle
Brooke rifle S96 from Fort Sidney Johnston on display in Jackson, Alabama.
Parrott rifle
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The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.
Brooke rifle
…against the high chamber pressure exerted when the gun fired. Because no southern foundries had the capacity to wrap the rifles in a single band like the Parrott design, a series of smaller bands were used, each usually 2 inches (51 mm) thick and 6 inches (152 mm) wide. All of Brooke's rifles used the same…
A 200-pounder Parrott rifle on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865
The Swamp Angel
A replica 10-pound Army Parrott rifle.
Parrott gun No. 107 (USS Kanawha), a 3.67-in (20-lb) Naval Parrott.