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Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval
Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval
Obusier de campagne de 6 pouces Gribeauval, modèle 1764, An 2 de la République (1793-1794), Les Invalides
Place of origin France
Service history
Used by France
Wars French Revolutionary War Napoleonic Wars American War of Independence
Production history
Designer Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
Specifications
Mass 330 kg (with carriage: 930 kg)
Barrel length 77 cm
Crew 13 crews, 4 horses

Shell 162.4 mm, 11 kg explosive shell
Caliber 165.7 mm
Barrels 1

The Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval was a French 6-in howitzer and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the field artillery.

Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval closeup

Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval (closeup). Les Invalides.

The Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval was used extensively during the wars following the French Revolution, as well as the Napoleonic wars. However, its first major operational use was even earlier, during the American Revolutionary War, in General Rochambeau's French expeditionary corps, from 1780 to late 1782, and especially at Yorktown in 1781.[1]

The Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval was manned by 13 crews and drawn by 4 horses.[2]

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