Canon de 12 Gribeauval [SEP] designer
Canon de 12 Gribeauval
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 (), making the weight of shot nearly 13 English pounds. The 12-pounder was the heaviest cannon in the French field artillery; the others were the light Canon de 4 Gribeauval and the medium Canon de 8 Gribeauval. Superseding the previous Vallière system, the Gribeauval system was adopted in 1765 and its guns were first used
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For siege and garrison artillery he retained the same proportions as the earlier Vallière System of 1732 but with the removal of the decoration and simplification of the dolphins.
- Canon de 24 Gribeauval - 24-pounder siege cannon
- Canon de 16 Gribeauval - 16-pounder siege cannon
- Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval - 12-pounder siege cannon
- 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