rockets could be case shot, shell, or explosive.

Warhead variants

Congreve rockets employed three primary warhead types: incendiary "carcasses" filled with combustible mixtures of saltpetre, sulphur and resin designed to ignite fires on impact; explosive warheads using black powder charges within spherical or ogival casings for fragmentation effects against fortifications; and shrapnel variants incorporating pre-formed fragments or balls for anti-personnel use.

Fuzes were wooden or composition types, separately ignited

1.Previous
3.Next