Our
Gun.
Our
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La Garde has a full size and full weight 12-pdr field gun. The gun was designed in 1765 by J B de Gribeauval.
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'Madame Mere', La Garde's reconstructed 12-pdr. 'Madame Mere', is as far was we know, the only reconstructed 12-pdr in use by any Napoleonic re-enactment group in Europe. She is a museum quality replica. |
Cannon Statistics Designer: Jean- Baptiste de Gribeauval Date: 1765 Introduced: 1774 (modified 1803) Withdrawn: 1832
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Designed as the heaviest field artillery guns, the 12-pounder was used in the
American War of Independence and in the armies of Napoleon. This was the largest
cannon in use during the period 1770 to 1820, and it was a decisive battle
winning weapon. |
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Barrel Length: 2.29m Barrel
Weight: 880kg Calibre:
121.3mm Effective
range: 1800 metres |
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Plans for the Gribeauval 1765 12-pdr field gun. |
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Plans for M1803 12-pdr field gun. |
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Plans for the 1808 12-pdr field gun. The carriage is similar to that of the 1765 design, apart from the trail end which is like that of the 1803 design. |
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Surviving 12-pdr field gun held in the Musee de l'Armee, Paris |
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Gribeauval 12-pdr limbered, with the gun tube in the travelling postion. |
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The Lombard's Gyn this is the only example of this piece of equipment, as far as we know, that exists in the world, as no original examples have survived to modern times. |
Statistics Designer: M. Lombard Date: 1763 Introduced: 1763 Withdrawn: 1827-1832
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The Gyn was designed as a mobile field service-crane which
would enable gun crews to completely dismantle their guns, change their wheels,
remove barrels etc. They were also used in the construction of new cannons as
well.
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