Confederate · Brooke, Sub-pattern III

CS Brooke 8 in. Shell (p. 88)

A rare shell for the 8-inch Brooke rifle, without bourrelets, the projectile body is machined to bore size with a rebated ogive.  The fuzing is very unusual:  a long copper tube is inserted in a copper fuze plug, the tube receiving a paper time fuze.  Exact reason for this arrangement is unknown.
CS Brooke 8 in. Shell (p. 88)
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