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Title
Gribeauval
and
French
Ordnance
Subcollection
The
War
of
1812/Mexican-American
War
Description
In
September
1748
,
Jean
Baptist
de
Gribeauval
designed
the
M1749
Garrison
Carriage
but
only
one
prototype
was
constructed
.
[Fave
(1871)
IV
:
144-5]
. This had a
unique
solid
trailing
wheel
on the
fixed
trail
end
of the
high
carriage
cheeks
that were
built
up
in a
series
of
steps
.
Valliere
wrote
on
30
March
1749
to the
Comte
d'Eu
,
Grand
Master
of
Ordnance
requesting
that the
construction
of the
Gribeauval
Garrison
Carriage
should be
funded
and
evaluated
.
Author
Dr
.
Stephen
Summerfield
Publisher
Smoothbore
Ordnance
Journal
Courtesy of
Napoleon-series.org
Date
December
2010
Type
Text
Format
Article
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Audience
Students/Faculty/Staff
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