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2. Limbers and caissons - Wikipedia

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   Horse artillery—rows of limbers and caissons, each pulled by teams of six horses with three postilion riders and an escort on horseback (1933, Poland). A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed.

3. Gribeauval system - Wikipedia

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   Canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval – 8-pounder siege cannon According to one author, only the Gribeauval siege guns were first used for major operations in the American Revolutionary War. They were employed by Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau 's French expeditionary corps, from 1780 to late 1782, and especially at the Siege of ...

4. Canon de 12 Gribeauval - Wikipedia

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   The Canon de 12 Gribeauval or 12-pounder was a French cannon and part of the system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. There were 1.079 English pounds in the Old French pound ( French : livre ), making the weight of shot nearly 13 English pounds.

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6. Horse artillery - Wikipedia

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   A lifesize model of a Swedish 1850s horse artillery team towing a light artillery piece, in the Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.. Horse artillery was a type of light, fast-moving, and fast-firing field artillery that consisted of light cannons or howitzers attached to light but sturdy two-wheeled carriages called caissons or limbers, with the individual crewmen riding on horses.

7. M1841 6-pounder field gun - Wikipedia

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   The Model 1838 bronze 6-pounder was a lighter cannon designed for horse artillery units. Alger delivered 62 and Ames delivered 36 of the Model 1838 gun. Ames also manufactured 27 Model 1840 bronze 6-pounders, which were heavier than the Model 1838. [9] M1841 6-pounder field guns. The Model 1841 bronze 6-pounder cannon proved to be the most ...