1st New Jersey Brigade
Corporal
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2012
I think I know the answer but if someone could conferm it I would be thankful! What federal battery fired more rounds in a single battle then any other battery during the war? Thanks.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...mmunition, the most ever fired by the&f=falseI think I know the answer but if someone could conferm it I would be thankful! What federal battery fired more rounds in a single battle then any other battery during the war? Thanks.
Not sure about the answer to that question, but after Gettysburg the Battery B Parrotts were considered unserviceable, I think the rifling was "shot out", all guns were soon replaced with Napoleons. We are talking 10 lb. Parrotts in this case, which were pretty reliable. I think the 20 lb Parrotts and their tendency to have barrel failures unfortunately gave all Parrotts a bad reputation historically.Which brings up the question: What was the U.S. government rating/expectation on the number of rounds that could be fired out of a Parrot Rifle before it was expected to fail?
To fire 1300 rounds then ment a round every 13 seconds.
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The point of course is that its unlikly the Bty spent 5 hours firing cannister, faster than anyone else could.
Do you have a rate of fire for 10pd Parrot?, i looked but did not see one readily.
Which brings up the question: What was the U.S. government rating/expectation on the number of rounds that could be fired out of a Parrot Rifle before it was expected to fail?
The 10 pounders were less likely to burst catastrophically.
I'd contend that there isn't a single shred of documentary evidence that any certified 10 pdr Parrott manufactured at West Point Foundry ever had a catastrophic burst during normal service use, it's a myth.
That's not to say that the Ordnance Rifle wasn't superior, being lighter and stronger, and the 20 pdr was certainly a problem, but don't keep perpetuating this rumor that 10 pdrs were ever dangerous.
I tried to locate something definitive one way or the other, but am drawing a blank so far. At the beginning of the section about 10 pounder/3" rifles Hazlett's Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War provides this ambiguous statement about Parrotts: "Developed just prior to the Civil War and plagued by failures in service, especially among the larger sizes..."
Thanks for the answer it is what I expected. Yes, I meant most rounds in a battle in one day. Their monument at Gettysburg say's 1300 rounds in 5 hours, that is more exercise in those 5 hours by these men then most people get in a year! What is even more incredible,is only one of the men in the unit was killed that day. I came across a story that said the 21 Miss. infantry was coming after the guns and one of the rebs said to the Jersey boys "we want those guns" and was told "go to hell " we aren't done with them" (or something like that). does anyone know if this is true?