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    The Brooke rifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke, an officer in the Confederate States...
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  • Philippines Fort Brooke, NO Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, US Brooke (VRE station) Brooke Bond, a tea company Brooke rifle, an American...
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    States Contemporary rifled artillery James rifle Sawyer rifle Brooke rifle Wiard rifle "6.4" (100 pounder) Parrott Rifle / 7" Brooke Rifle". Historical Marker...
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    24-pounder Coehorn mortar. A double-banded Brooke rifle of undetermined caliber. English 8-inch (150-pdr) Armstrong Rifled Muzzle Loader at Fort Fisher, North...
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    initially armed with one 7-inch (178 mm) Brooke rifle on a pivot mount at the bow, a 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifle on a pivot mount in the stern, with two...
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    modifications the new weapon proved reliable. Muzzle-loading rifle Parrott rifle Brooke rifle James rifle Dr Oscar Parkes- British Battleships, Seeley, Service...
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    number of her cannon were reduced to a single 11" smoothbore, a single 8" rifle, and two 6.4" rifles. The Virginia II was named after the more famous Confederate...
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    Albemarle was equipped with two 6.4-inch (160 mm) Brooke rifled cannon (similar to a Parrott rifle); each double-banded cannon weighed more than 12,000...
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    Jackson City Brooke rifle in front of the Jackson City Hall Flag Seal Nickname:  The Pine City Location of Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama. Coordinates:...
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    Commander Catesby ap Roger Jones. The Brooke rifle from Fort Stonewall was transported to Montgomery. As late as 1937, the rifle was lying in mud on the edge of...
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  • pieces including the Brooke rifle, iron plating ca. 1,100 artillery pieces Tyler Arsenal Tyler, Texas Rifles Marks, “Texas Rifle. Tyler, C. S.” Union...
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    Brooke rifles on pivot mounts at the bow and stern. The middle gun port on each side was occupied by a single-banded, 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifle....
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    also instrumental in the development of a new rifled gun for the Navy that became known as the Brooke rifle. In 1862, he was promoted to commander, and...
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    Murray Blvd. there are several more artillery pieces: a rare 7-inch Brooke rifle (a large cannon) that was found at Fort Johnson and four 13-inch Union...
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  • development of a new rifled naval gun, the Brooke rifle, and the establishment of the Confederate States Naval Academy. John M. Brooke was laid down on 30...
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    received her armament of one 7-inch (178 mm) Brooke rifle on a pivot mount in the bow, two 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifles, one on each broadside and a 10-inch...
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    artillery in the American Civil War Contemporary rifled artillery Sawyer rifle Parrott rifle Brooke rifle Wiard rifle Hazlett, Olmstead & Parks 2004, p. 148. Ripley...
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    guns, but state that they consisted of one 7-inch Brooke rifle in the bow, two 6.4-inch (163 mm) Brooke rifles on the broadsides, and a 10-inch (25.4 cm)...
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  • Brevet Generals Brooke rifle Canister shot Coal torpedo Enfield rifles Fayetteville rifle Field artillery in the American Civil War Henry rifle Ketchum Grenade...
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    Sylvanus Sawyer (redirect from Sawyer rifle)
    artillery in the American Civil War Contemporary rifled artillery James rifle Parrott rifle Brooke rifle Wiard rifle Sylvanus Sawyer (1822–1895) at FindaGrave...
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    his Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, Lieutenant John Mercer Brooke. The Brooke rifle gave Rebel gunners a qualitative advantage over their Yankee counterparts...
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    Database. Retrieved 24 September 2015. "6.4" (100 pounder) Parrott Rifle / 7" Brooke Rifle". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 24 September 2015. Bob...
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    was armed with three 32-pounder guns and a 6.4-inch rifled cannon; the rifled piece was a Brooke rifle. The DANFS states that she had a crew of 120, while...
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    The long rifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American long rifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare...
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    Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. One of her 6.4-inch (160 mm) double-banded Brooke rifled cannon is on display at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief U...
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    was armed with three 32-pounder guns and a 6.4-inch rifled cannon; the rifled piece was a Brooke rifle. The DANFS states that she had a crew of 120, while...
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    The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards...
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    hull almost touching the end of the ram's Brooke rifle, Albemarle's gun crew quickly fired two point-blank rifled shells, one of them puncturing Sassucus's...
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    James Anson Otho Brooke VC (3 February 1884 – 29 October 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for...
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    December, Saugus was hit twice. One of the shots from a 8-inch (200 mm) Brooke rifle disabled her turret temporarily when it cracked an armor plate and broke...
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