Canon de 12 mle 1853-1859

Canon de 12 mle 1853-1859
Canon de 12 in Fort d'Aubervilliers after it was captured by German troops (1871).
General Information
Military designation:	Canon de 12 mle 1853-1859
Manufacturer country:	France
Start of production:	1853
Model variants:	1
Technical specifications
Pipe length:	191 cm
Caliber :	121.3 mm
Cadence :	1 shot / min
Side straightening area:	360 °
Furnishing
Ammunition supply:	manually

Field gun

The Canon de 12 mle 1853-1859 was a bronze field gun of the French artillery. A small number were set up in various frontier forts. In addition to the field gun, there was also a howitzer and a casemate gun .

The gun was for Shooting of grenades , canister and shrapnel suitable and should all previous pattern replaced. The main initiator was Napoleon III. Because of their inadequate range, the last specimens of the field guns had already been retired in 1876.

howitzer

The so-called "Obusier de 12 mle 1853" existed as a siege gun (or howitzer)

• Technical specifications:

Tube length: 191 cm

Caliber: 121.3 mm

Bullet weight: 6 kg

Weight in firing position: 1199 kg

Tube weight: 630 kg

Carriage weight: 569 kg

Rate of fire: 1 shot min

maximum firing range: 2500 m

Muzzle velocity_ 400 m / s

From 1859 all pipes were provided with trains and fields.

Casemate gun

In 1884 an unknown number of the stored pipes were fitted with a lock from the Lahitte mle 1884 system and placed as casemate guns in the capons and trench suitcases of the forts of the Barrière de fer .

For this purpose, the pipes were placed on iron frame mountings (referred to as “affut de 4”, “affut de 5” and “affut de 7”) and were intended for trench defense.

→ Main article : Canon 12 de culasse modèle 1884

The model of the field gun was used as the "12 pounder Napoleon" in large numbers in the American Civil War. The northern states produced more than 1,100, the southern states more than 600 copies.

Web links

Canon de 12 mle 1853-1859 on fortiffsere