America Shall Live!

Presenting the cannon...

to blast them all!

Parrott Rifles were used extensively during the American Civil War. I have REASONS to build dis!

The reasons:

I'm bored of building ships.
I decided to spice things up here.
I L O V E Guns! Seriously...

Anyways, The gun was invented by Captain Robert Parker Parrott, a West Point graduate. He was an American soldier and inventor of military ordnance. He resigned from the service in 1836 and became the superintendent of the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. He created the first Parrott rifle (and corresponding projectile) in 1860 and patented it in 1861.

Parrotts were manufactured with a combination of cast and wrought iron. The cast iron made for an accurate gun, but was brittle enough to suffer fractures. Hence, a large wrought iron reinforcing band was overlaid on the breech to give it additional strength. There were prior cannons designed this way, but the method of securing this band was the innovation that allowed the Parrott to overcome the deficiencies of these earlier models. It was applied to the gun red-hot and then the gun was turned while pouring water down the muzzle, allowing the band to attach uniformly. By the end of the Civil War, both sides were using this type of gun extensively.

Comparison of other artillery:

Some Un-Replica Things:

~Increased spoke-count in the wheels.
~Not Scaled as the original
~Quick Build
~Not much detail

It may not be perfect, but hey, at least you can mow down your enemies.

-I somehow discovered 2 of the post of the same creation, yeah, I deleted the extra one, cause I ain't getting my account banned.

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