MCCWRT Discussion Group-- Artillery-- Part 3: Parrott Rifles Were Cheap to Make

March 26, 2022

**  A gun meant to fire a 10-pound projectile could weigh over a half  a ton.

**  Cannonballs were used against fortifications and other artillery

**  Case Shot was anti-personnel projectiles.  Mainly a hollow shell filled with shrapnel designed to explode in mid air.

**  Some Confederate artillery was made in country, but this was a very small number compared to what Northern foundries could turn out.

**  Parrott rifles were cheap.  It only cost $187 for the West Point Foundry to produce a 10-pounder Parrott rifle.

**  The West Point Foundry operated around the clock.

**  The heaviest naval bombardment during the war occurred at Fort Fisher, North Carolina.

--Old Secesh