Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval

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Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval
Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval 1789 Berenger.jpg
Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval, Le Rigide, Douai, Berenger, 1789
Place of originFrance
Service history
Used byFrance
Wars French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Production history
Designer Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
ManufacturerBerenger
Produced1789
Specifications
Mass1,060 kg
Barrel  length285 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 Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval breech.jpg
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]

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