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Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval, French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century; Canon obusier de 12, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon" M1841 12-pounder howitzer, American howitzer having the same caliber (4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun; One of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War
Early 15th century 50: Galloper gun United Kingdom: 1740 61: Hyunja-Chongtong Korea: Early 15th century 76: Grasshopper cannon United Kingdom: 18th century 76: Minion United Kingdom: 18th century 83: Saker United Kingdom: 18th century 84: Canon de 4 de Vallière Kingdom of France: 1732 84: So-po Korea: Late 19th century 96: Canon de 6 système ...
Anti-air gun102/35 S.A. installed on truck and used as howitzer as well [73] 105/29 AV su SPA 9000C Società Piemontese Automobili / Schneider Ansaldo Italy — 105 mm L/29. 4×2 truck: SPA 9000; Retired 1916 12 12 Anti-air gun Cannone da 105/28 Modello 1913 installed on truck and used as howitzer as well [73] [74] Centauro 155/39LW "Porcupine ...
122 mm howitzer M1910/30 Soviet Union: World War II 122: 122 mm howitzer M1909/37 Soviet Union: World War II 122: 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) Soviet Union: World War II 122: 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) Soviet Union: 122: D-74 122 mm field gun Soviet Union: Cold War 122: Type 54 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War 122: Type 83 howitzer
The 95 mm howitzer M1753, called secret howitzer or Shuvalov's secret howitzer, was an 18th-century Russian cannon, a type of muzzle-loading howitzer, devised and introduced into service by artillery commander, General Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov. [1] [2]
Mountain howitzer firing. In the middle of the 18th century, a number of European armies began to introduce howitzers that were mobile enough to accompany armies in the field. Though usually fired at the relatively high angles of fire used by contemporary siege howitzers, these field howitzers were rarely defined by this capability.
Licorne (Russian: Единорог, Yedinorog, 'unicorn') is the French name of an 18th- and 19th-century Russian cannon, a type of muzzle-loading howitzer, devised in 1757 by M.W. Danilov [1] and S.A. Martynov [2] [3] and accepted by artillery commander, general Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov.
The Gribeauval system included 4-, 8- and 12-pounder field pieces, the Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval (6-inch howitzer) and the 1-pounder light cannon, [1] though the 1-pounder was quickly abandoned. [3] The Canon de 4 Gribeauval was used extensively during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).