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3-pounder Whitworth rifle

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3-pounder Whitworth rifle
Typefield gun
Service history
Used byUnited States
WarsAmerican Civil War
Production history
DesignerJoseph Whitworth
ManufacturerJoseph Whitworth
Specifications
Mass208 lbs
Barrel length6 ft

Breech1.5 inches
Effective firing range9,500 yards (9,688 claimed)

The 3-pounder Whitworth rifle was a small caliber field gun deployed during the mid-19th century. Designed by Joseph Whitworth, the gun was most notably used during the American Civil War.

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Description

The 3-pdr rifle was designed by British manufacturer Joseph Whitworth in the early 1850s. Along with Whitworth's 12-pdr rifle, the artillery piece was considered for adoption by the British government's Board of Ordnance, eventually losing out to the Armstrong gun.[1] During the American Civil War the weapon was imported and saw service in the Union army and possibly[2] in the Confederate army. In service, the rifle was sometimes referred to as a mountain gun, though this might stem from a confusion over caliber sizes.[3]

From a design standpoint, the weapon was unique. Like all of Whitworth's designs, the weapon had a hexagon-ally rifled barrel. It was also a breechloader, an unusual feature for the time. The piece had exceptional range and accuracy, being capable of firing a 3-pound shell over 9,500 yards.[4] However, the small size of the shell limited its bursting charge, consequently reducing the number of fragments formed when the shell detonated.[4] According to a 1860 New York Times article covering Whitworth's weapons, the relatively small 3-pdr had superior range compared to his larger rifled guns.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Whitworth Rifled Ordnance". 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  2. ^ Weller, Jac. "The Confederate Use Of British Cannon." Civil War History 3, no. 2 (1957): 135-152h. doi:10.1353/cwh.1957.0019.
  3. ^ "Whitworth mountain gun". www.bulgarianartillery.it. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  4. ^ a b Bartleson, John D. (1972). A Field Guide for Civil War Explosive Ordnance. U.S. Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Naval Ordnance Station.
  5. ^ "The New Rifled Cannon.; EXPERIMENTS WITH MR. WHITWORTH'S NEWLY INVENTED BREACH-LOADING CANNON". The New York Times. 1860-03-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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