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Re: Rifled breechloading boat howitzer, I think
« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2009, 11:29:55 AM »
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Re: Rifled breechloading boat howitzer, I think
« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2009, 11:35:21 AM »
Performance details of 3.07 inch Moffatt breechloader tested by Army in 1873-apparently worked much better than early version did in 1863.

http://books.google.com/books?id=lJtDAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA32&ots=I_veQ0d47T&dq=moffatt%20breechloading&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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Re: Rifled breechloading boat howitzer, I think
« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2009, 11:55:22 AM »
I was wondering what happened to the 6" Moffatt rifled howitzer that the Army tested-pictured in a drawing above.  It blew up while being used for test-firing Dynamite shells.

http://books.google.com/books?id=zpUZAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA57&ots=V8mKyjWiPn&dq=moffatt%20breechloading&pg=RA1-PA58#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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