Canon_lourd_de_8_Gribeauval

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Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval

Weapon

The canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval (Gribeauval heavy 8-pounder cannon) was a French canon and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery.[1]

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The canon lourd de 8 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.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Napoleon's Guns, 1792–1815 by Rene Chartrand, Ray Hutchins pp. 6–7


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