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Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval

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Weapon
Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval
Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval Le Conquérant, for siege warfare.
Place of originFrance
Service history
Used byFrance
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Production history
DesignerJean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
DesignedModèle 1775
ManufacturerStrasbourg, Crucy
Produced1810
Specifications
Mass1,591 kg
Barrel length317 cm

Caliber121 mm

The Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval (Gribeauval heavy 12-pounder cannon) was a French cannon and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery.

The canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval was used extensively during the wars following the French Revolution, as well as the Napoleonic wars.

Some of the earlier Gribeauval siege guns kept the baroque "dolphin" design for the handles.

Canons lourds de 12 Gribeauval

See also

Media related to Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

  1. ^ Napoleon's Guns, 1792-1815 by Rene Chartrand, Ray Hutchins p.6-7
Gribeauval system
Field artillery Canon de 12 Gribeauval
Siege artillery
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