A Field Guide for Civil War Explosive OrdnanceU.S. Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Naval Ordnance Station, 1972 - United States - 193 pages "The intent of this manual is provide the EOD technician with an identification guide for field use. Further, it will serve as a basic reference test for Civil War ordnance data, standard terminology, projectile design, and fuze operation. It is the only known publication of its kind that displays radiographs showing interior construction of projectiles for the effective removal of the main filler"--Foreword. |
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3-Inch Schenkl 3.5-Inch Parrott Shell 9 10 Figure adapter for paper anvil Armstrong Shell artillery AUBURN MAINE balls base black powder Blakely Shell Bolt bourrelet brass construction bursting charge cast cast-iron cavity cm 5 EODF Confederate Dahlgren Shell discharge drill EODF SPECIMEN DATE explosive flame Frankford Arsenal fulminate fuze adapter fuze body fuze opening fuze shown Grape Shot Grenade hole Hotchkiss Case Shot Hotchkiss Percussion Fuze Hotchkiss Shell howitzer Inkford jectile Ketchum Grenade lead sabot line drawing main filler mealed powder mortar musket cap nipple nose ordnance paper at top paper time fuze paper-mache Parrott Case Shot percussion cap plug plunger projec Radiograph of 3-Inch rear RIFLED PROJECTILES Schenkl Case Shot Schenkl Combination Fuze Schenkl Percussion Fuze Schenkl Shell screwed seacoast shell body shown in Figure smoothbore solid shot SPECIMEN DATE Figure spherical steel striker threaded top by raising tube Union Water Cap Fuze Wooden Adapter zinc