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The 3-3/4" bore 24-pound shot, with a muzzle velocity of 1,625 feet per second, strikes a target at 3,500 yards with a velocity of about 300 feet per second (this is almost beyond the range of the weapon). In contrast, the 10" bore 300-pound shot, with a muzzle velocity of 1,111 feet per second, strikes the target at the same range still moving at 700 feet per second, due to its much higher mass to drag ratio. The resulting huge difference in impact energy, 33,000 ft-lb for the 24 lb, and over 2,000,000 ft-lb for the 300 lb, means the penetrating energy of the larger shell is 20 times that of the smaller.
In terms of the ability to punch holes in fortifications, at that long range the light 24 lb shell would be expected to only
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