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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.
Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September 1715 – 9 May 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform guns without sacrificing range.
The Gribeauval system (French: système Gribeauval) was an artillery system introduced by Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval during the 18th century. This system revolutionized French cannons, with a new production system that allowed lighter, more uniform guns without sacrificing range.
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (born Sept. 15, 1715, Amiens, France—died May 9, 1789, Paris) was a French military officer and engineer whose developments of French artillery contributed to the brilliant military successes of Napoleon in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, né le 15 septembre 1715 à Amiens (paroisse Saint-Rémy) et mort le 9 mai 1789 à Paris, au 43, rue de Richelieu, officier et ingénieur, réforme l'artillerie de campagne française.
Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715-1789), an officer and engineer. This standardization of the caliber of canons and the design of carriages (wheels and axles) presupposed techniques of produc-tion and measurement, and implied training artillery officers in the basic and applied sciences.
Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. Militar francés. Reconocido por el famoso cañón que hizo a la artillería francesa superior a la de otros ejércitos europeos, así como la estandarización de la Artillería.
