Canon de 16 Gribeauval

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Canon de 16 Gribeauval
Service history
Used byFrance
Wars French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Production history
Designer Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
Specifications
Mass2,000 kg
Barrel  length336 cm

Caliber 133.7 mm [1]

The Canon de 16 Gribeauval was a French cannon and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery. [1]

The canon de 16 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]

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