Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval

Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval

Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval, Le Rigide, Douai, Berenger, 1789.
Place of origin France
Service history
Used by France
Wars French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Production history
Designer Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
Manufacturer Berenger
Produced 1789
Specifications
Weight 1,060 kg
Barrel length 285 cm [1]

Caliber 106.1 mm [1]

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]

Breech of Le Rigide.

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 2 3 4 Napoleon's Guns, 1792-1815 by Rene Chartrand, Ray Hutchins p.6-7
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