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.
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.
Rodman gun
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The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artillery officer Thomas Jackson Rodman. The guns were designed to fire both shot and shell. These heavy guns w
Parrott rifle
…rifles (100-pounder and up) were deployed in coast defense from 1863 to 1900, when they were replaced by Endicott period forts and weapons. Along with Rodman guns, some were deployed shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898 as a stopgap; it was feared the Spanish fleet would bombard the…
Engraving showing a gun being cast using Rodman's hollow-casting technique. The engraving shows the gun mold in the casting pit. The outer iron flask, the fire built outside the flask, and the cooling core are also shown.
8-inch converted rifle, lined down from 10-inch smoothbore
Photograph of the 15-inch Rodman gun at Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia.
Another photograph of the 15-inch Rodman gun at Battery Rodgers. This photograph gives an excellent view of the elevation mechanism and the center-pintle carriage.