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Parrott RifleParrott rifle is a type of artillery invented by Robert Parker Parott. Parrott was a West Point graduate. He resigned from the service in 1836 and became the superintendent of the West Point Foundry in New York. The Parrott rifle was created in 1860 and patented in 1861. It is marked by a reinforcing band around the breech of the weapon to give it additional strength. There were prior cannons designed this way, but the method of welding the band was the innovation. It was applied to the gun red-hot and then the gun was turned while pouring water down the muzzle allowing the band to attach uniformly. By the end of the American Civil War, both sides were using this type of gun extensively.
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