Trivia 10-11-17 Identify

[Trivia Master]

Identify the weapon described below:

Bore diameter, 3.67 inches
Material, iron
Weight of tube, 1750 pounds
Length of bore, 79 inches
Maximum diameter, 14.5 inches
Type of projectile, shell
Weight of projectile, 19 pounds
Weight of charge, 2 pounds
Range at 5 degree elevation, 2100 yards
Time of flight, 6.5 seconds

credit: @chellers

 

[FarawayFriend]

Kaboom, a new kind of question!!
Very good!

My guess, supported through an internet source is, that this weapon is a a rifled cannon, a 20 pounder Parrot gun.

"Army Captain Robert P. Parrott was the designer of a series of Northern rifles, used by both Army and Navy. They had a better range than the Dahlgrens, but they were somewhat prone to bursting, especially the heavier calibers demanded by naval combat. Parrott rifles were mounted in several Union monitors, as well as the Galena and New Ironsides."

http://users.wowway.com/~jenkins/ironclads/ironguns.htm

 

[Copperhead-mi]

20-pdr. Parrott

Source - CivilWarWiki

 

[kholland]

20 Pounder Parrott Rifle

 

[hughes]

20 pounder Parrott rifle.

 

[truthckr]

20-pdr or 3.67-inch Army Parrott Rifle

 

[Jimklag]

Identify the weapon described below:

Bore diameter, 3.67 inches
Material, iron
Weight of tube, 1750 pounds
Length of bore, 79 inches
Maximum diameter, 14.5 inches
Type of projectile, shell
Weight of projectile, 19 pounds
Weight of charge, 2 pounds
Range at 5 degree elevation, 2100 yards
Time of flight, 6.5 seconds

credit: @chellers

The ordnance described in the trivia question is a 20 pounder Parrot Gun

 

[Stony]

20 pounder Parrott Rifle
source-http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/20_pdr._Parrott_Rifle

 

[Wallyfish]

I am going with a 20 pound Parrott.

I have gotten into artillery over the last year and I have noticed that cannon specifications differ slightly between source. Bradley Gottfried's The Artillery of Gettysburg has many of the above specs for the 20 pound parrot.

The source I used below shows many of the specs for a naval 20# Parrott including the 6.5 second flight time and 14.5" max diameter.

http://users.wowway.com/~jenkins/ironclads/ironguns.htm

 

[SWMODave]

Sorry - wrong parrot
Here's the parrot you described

20 lb parrot rifle

(Source)

 

[István.AT]

It is 20 pdr. Army Parrot Rifle.

The barrel characteristic can be found in Wikipedia:

The range at 5 degree elevation - in the tables here:
http://www.civilwarartillery.com/tables.htm
(it says actually 2200 yards, but 100 yards isn't a big measurement mistake for heavy artillery piece)

 

[ErnieMac]

20-pdr. (3.67") Parrott Rifle.

 

[captaindrew]

20 pound parrot rifle

 

[Schwallanscher]

my stats are tad off, but it needs to be the 20 pounder parrot rifle

 

[adisciu9]

3.67-in (20-lb) Army Parrott

http://www.thomaslegion.net/americancivilwar/artillerycivilwarcannonweaponsmortars.html

 

[connecticut yankee]

I don't know but I'll take a wild guess---is it one of these?!?

Edit - No.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

Displaying my pretty poor knowledge of artillery I will guess that this is a 20lb Parrot Rifle but I'm probably way out.

 

[Mike Serpa]

20 pound Parrott rifle

 

[MMoore83]

WOULD THAT BE THE 20 POUND PARROT RIFLE???

Edit - Yes, it would, MMoore83. Welcome to the trivia game and to CivilWarTalk.

I see you made two subsequent posts to correct the spelling. For future reference, I don't mark off for spelling unless it's bad enough to change the meaning of the answer. In this case, those players who answered "Parrot" instead of "Parrott" were all given credit for a correct response.

hoosier

 

[MMoore83]

Sorry 20 pound "Parrott" Rifle.