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Шаблон:Infobox weapon The Canon de 6 système An XI was a French cannon and part of the Year XI system of artillery. It was part of the field artillery, and complemented the Gribeauval system.

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Canon de 6 système An XI, detail.
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Emblem of Napoleon I on an 1813 Canon de 6 système An XI .
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French 6-pounder field gun, cast in 1813 in Metz, captured at the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington, now at the Tower of London.

The canon de 6 système An XI was used extensively during the Napoleonic wars. It was considered as a good intermediate between the Canon de 8 Gribeauval, considered to be too heavy for field artillery, and the Canon de 4 Gribeauval, considered as too light and lacking striking power.[1]

One of the characteristics of the Canon de 6 is that its design is even simpler than that of the Gribeauval cannons, as it lacks reinforcing mould rings, except for the one before the muzzle.[2]

Notes

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References

  • Chartrand, René 2003 Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (1) Шаблон:ISBN Osprey Publishing
  • Chartrand, René 2003 Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (2) Шаблон:ISBN Osprey Publishing

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  1. Chartrand (2), pp.24-33
  2. Chartrand (2), p.46