Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation, and the creator of the F
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A World War I mobile personnel shield.
The Souain tank prototype crossing a trench on 9 December 1915. Colonel Estienne attended these decisive trials
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The Musée des Blindés or Musée Général Estienne is a tank museum located in Saumur in the Loire Valley of France. It is now one of the world's largest tank museums. It began in 1977 under the leadersh
Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne
…Arrondissement in Paris is named after him. Several military stations and posts have also borne his name and the largest tank museum in the world, the Musée des Blindés in Saumur, is called "Musée Général Estienne". Krause, Jonathan; Philpott, William (2023). French Generals of the Great War: Leading the Way. Pen and…
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The oldest tank in running condition in the world, a Schneider CA1 (1916), participates in the annual Carrousel at Saumur.
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