Reffye 75 mm cannon
The Reffye 75mm cannon (French: Canon de campagne de 5 de Reffye modèle 1873) was a French artillery piece of the 19th century, developed by the French artillery General Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye, superintendent of the works at Meudon. The weapon was adopted by the French Army from 1873. It was a 75 mm rifled breech-loading cannon, equipped with a breech screw, initially made of bronze. • Illustration — Screw breech of the Reffye 75mm cannon.
Reffye 75 mm cannon
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- Canon de Reffye de 75 mm
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The Reffye 75mm cannon (French: Canon de campagne de 5 de Reffye modèle 1873) was a French artillery piece of the 19th century, developed by the French artillery General Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye, superintendent of the works at Meudon. The weapon was adopted by the French Army from 1873. It was a 75 mm rifled breech-loading cannon, equipped with a breech screw, initially made of bronze. • Illustration — Screw breech of the Reffye 75mm cannon.
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The sliding breech block, and the interrupted screw used for sealing were advanced features, but the perfect sealing of the breech would only be achieved with the invention of the de Bange obturator. The cannon used shell cartridges for ammunition. It would be soon superseded by the Lahitolle 95mm cannon (1875) and especially the De Bange 90mm cannon (1877). De Reffye also developed the Reffye 85 mm cannon in 1870. De Reffye also developed in 1866 a mitrailleuse (named Canon à balles), one of the best early volley guns, which was used during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
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• Is Artillery — yes • Name — Canon de Reffye de 75 mm • Type — Field gun • Origin — France • Service — 1873–? • Used By — France • Designer — Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye • Caliber — 75 mm • Illustration — Reffye breech. • Illustration — The 1873 Reffye 75mm cannon. Length: 2.00 m. Weight: 475 kg. Ammunition 4.9 kg shell.
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- 1."France will have at the end of the year 1875, 495 batteries of six cannons each, of calibres 5 and 7, with Iron cartridges, the pieces, breech loading, on the Reffye system." in Locomotive Engineers Journal - Page 69 by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.) 1875
- 2.Age of Great Guns: Cannon Kings and Cannoneers page 30 by Frank E. Comparato https://books.google.com/books?id=NptBAAAAIAAJ&q=Reffye+cannon
- 3.Warfare and Armed Conflicts Page 3 by Micheal Clodfelter
- 4.The New Cambridge Modern History by G. N. Clark p.307
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