Canon de 6 système An XI
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The Canon de 6 système An XI was a French 6-pounder smoothbore cannon and part of the Year XI system of artillery. It was part of the field artillery, and complemented the Gribeauval system.
Canon de 6 système An XI, founded in Douay in 1813, Les Invalides
Canon de 6 système An XI, detail.
Emblem of Napoleon I on an 1813 Canon de 6 système An XI .
French 6-pounder field gun, cast in 1813 in Metz, captured at the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington, now at the Tower of London.
Year XI system
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The Year XI system was a French artillery system developed during the rule of Napoleon. The Year XI system was original in that it brought various improvements to the highly successful Gribeauval syst
Canon de 6 système An XI
…The Canon de 6 système An XI was a French 6-pounder smoothbore cannon and part of the Year XI system of artillery. It was part of the field artillery, and complemented the Gribeauval system. The canon de 6 système An XI was used extensively during the…
Canon de 12 court, modèle 1803 (short 12-pdr cannon, Mk 1803), Le Papegay, Year XI system. Founded in 1824 in Douai. Caliber: 120 mm (rifled in 1858). Length: 210 cm. Weight: 880 kg. Ammunition: 6 kg metal ball.
Mortar of 324 mm. Strasbourg, 1811.
Canon obusier de 11 pouces (11-inch gun-howitzer), système An XI, bronze founded in 1810 at Douai. Caliber: 297 mm. Length: 2.56 m. Weight: 6,174 kg. Ammunition: shells.