Hughes breech-loading cannon

TypeField gun
Place of originConfederate States of America
Service history
In service1862–1865
Used byConfederate States of America
WarsAmerican Civil War
Production history
Designed1861
ManufacturerStreet & Hungerford Company
Produced1861
Specifications
Barrel length120.65 cm
Caliber38.1 mm
BreechStrikerless turning bolt
CarriageBox trail

The Hughes breech-loading cannon 38.1mm gun was designed in 1861 and used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.[1] It was manufactured by the Street & Hungerford Company. It was a breech-loading cannon; the breech of the cannon is uniquely like a bolt-action but has no firing pin in its bolt.

See also

  1. ^ Cunningham, Sumner Archibald (1893). Confederate Veteran Vol. XVII (v.17(1909) ed.). Duke University Libraries. pp. Page 234 Col. 1.
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