11-15-21

[GwilymT]

20lb parrot

 

[GwilymT]

Ahhh I was wrong.

Edit - When players make two or more posts with two or more different answers, I take the last answer as their final answer.

In this case, you made two posts, but your second post didn't give a different answer - it just says you were wrong. Since no second answer has been given, the answer in your first post is still your final answer.

Which is good news for you, because you weren't wrong the first time - that answer was right, so you get credit for a correct response.

hoosier

 

[WJC]

Field artillery weapons

Question:
Which of these guns was the heaviest?

1. M1857 12-pounder "Napoleon"
2. 24-pounder Howitzer
3. 20-pounder Parrott rifle

credit: @FarawayFriend

The 20-pounder Parrot Rifle, whose tube weighed 1750 pounds and was mounted atop a carriage weighing 1175 pounds for a total weight of 2925 pounds.
(The M1857 12-pounder Napoleon weighed a total of 2355 pounds, while the M1841 24-pounder Howitzer weighed a total of 2446 pounds.)
Source: "M1841 24-pounder howitzer", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1841_24-pounder_howitzer#Specifications

 

[ami]

Answer: At 1750 lb the 20-pounder Parrott rifle was the heaviest field artillery piece of the three.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War