A 7-inch (178 mm) single-banded Brooke rifle captured aboard CSS Atlanta
The Brooke rifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke,[1] an officer in the Confederate States Navy. They were produced by plants in Richmond, Virginia, and Selma, Alabama, between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War. They served afloat on Confederate ships and ashore in coast defense batteries operated by the Confederate States Army.
The Brookerifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke, an officer in the Confederate States...
24-pounder Coehorn mortar. A double-banded Brookerifle of undetermined caliber. English 8-inch (150-pdr) Armstrong Rifled Muzzle Loader at Fort Fisher, North...
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initially armed with one 7-inch (178 mm) Brookerifle on a pivot mount at the bow, a 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brookerifle on a pivot mount in the stern, with two...
pieces including the Brookerifle, iron plating ca. 1,100 artillery pieces Tyler Arsenal Tyler, Texas Rifles Marks, “Texas Rifle. Tyler, C. S.” Union...
modifications the new weapon proved reliable. Muzzle-loading rifle Parrott rifleBrookerifle James rifle Dr Oscar Parkes- British Battleships, Seeley, Service...
Commander Catesby ap Roger Jones. The Brookerifle from Fort Stonewall was transported to Montgomery. As late as 1937, the rifle was lying in mud on the edge of...
Albemarle was equipped with two 6.4-inch (160 mm) Brookerifled cannon (similar to a Parrott rifle); each double-banded cannon weighed more than 12,000...
number of her cannon were reduced to a single 11" smoothbore, a single 8" rifle, and two 6.4" rifles. The Virginia II was named after the more famous Confederate...
artillery in the American Civil War Contemporary rifled artillery Sawyer rifle Parrott rifleBrookerifle Wiard rifle Hazlett, Olmstead & Parks 2004, p. 148. Ripley...
also instrumental in the development of a new rifled gun for the Navy that became known as the Brookerifle. In 1862, he was promoted to commander, and...
Murray Blvd. there are several more artillery pieces: a rare 7-inch Brookerifle (a large cannon) that was found at Fort Johnson and four 13-inch Union...
artillery in the American Civil War Contemporary rifled artillery James rifle Parrott rifleBrookerifle Wiard rifle Sylvanus Sawyer (1822–1895) at FindaGrave...
his Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, Lieutenant John Mercer Brooke. The Brookerifle gave Rebel gunners a qualitative advantage over their Yankee counterparts...
The long rifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American long rifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare...
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hull almost touching the end of the ram's Brookerifle, Albemarle's gun crew quickly fired two point-blank rifled shells, one of them puncturing Sassucus's...
The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards...
received her armament of one 7-inch (178 mm) Brookerifle on a pivot mount in the bow, two 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifles, one on each broadside and a 10-inch...
guns, but state that they consisted of one 7-inch Brookerifle in the bow, two 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifles on the broadsides, and a 10-inch (25.4 cm)...
War. The Pee Dee was a Macon-class gunboat that was armed with two Brookerifled cannons and a captured Union Dahlgren cannon. She was built at the Mars...
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