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A00475 - 12pdr Bormann shell

Item Number: A00475

Item Title: 12pdr Bormann shell

Price: $255

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: US

Type: Speherical shell

Size: 12pdr

Sabot:

Fuse: Bormann time

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 35

Location Recovered: Richmond defenses

Description:Almost every Federal spherical field caliber shell had a Bormann fuse in it after April 1862. This was a workhorse of the American Civil War for the Union which continued to use 12pdr smoothbore Napoleons extensively throughout the war. The South couldn't get these fuses to work correctly, and so gave up on them for the most part later in the year.

This one has a nice fuse that looks better than I can get the pictures to render.


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