Union Ordnance Rifle

The 3-inch ordnance rifle was a remarkable gun. It was originally called the Griffin Gun as it was designed by a civilian, John Griffin. He made the gun using wrought iron, which was at the time, both expensive and difficult to work with. Building a 5 layered iron gun (rifled of course), this gun was extremely light at 820 lbs. for the barrel, compared to other relatively light guns, 1200 pounds for the napoleons barrel. It was extremely accurate and long ranged, performing with great accuracy at a mile's distance. These guns were incredibly safe; only one burst throughout the entire war, bursting at its muzzle, the safest place to burst. In 1856 during testing by the ordnance department, Griffin challenged them to burst his gun. They proceeded to gradually add more and more powder and loads of shot, finally managing after firing 500 rounds and stuffing a 7-pound charge of powder into the tube and filling the entire barrel with shot. Its light weight made it a popular piece of horse artillery. It was used by both the Union and Confederacy, though the Confederacy had difficulty reproducing it. Most of their ordnance guns were purchased or captured early in the war. Southern foundries did attempt to reproduce them, but only were successful in producing a small number of guns. They did also attempt making brass ordnance rifles, which proved to be notorious for bursting during the war. These guns remained the standard artillery piece for the United States into the 1880’s when they gave way to breech loading steel guns.

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Attacks (damage × count)

	canister	pierce	17 × 1	melee	(first strike, fireblast, slows, defend only)
	heavy shot	impact	14 × 3	ranged	(marksman, fire from hills, fire from fortifications, no counter-attack)
	shell	fire	12 × 4	ranged	(marksman, fire from hills, fire from fortifications, no counter-attack, attacker hits, defender hits)

Resistances

	blade	20%			pierce	20%
	impact	10%			fire	-10%
	cold	0%			arcane	20%