Obusier de vaisseau
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title:
Obusier de vaisseau
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The obusier de vaisseau was a light piece of naval artillery with a large calibre mounted on French warships of the Age of Sail. Designed to fire explosive shells at a low velocity, they were an answer to the carronade in the close combat and anti-personnel role. However, their intended ammunition proved too dangerous for the crew, and the French navy phased them out at the beginning of the Empire in favour of the carronade. Accounts by British warships of the armament of captured French ships t
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French light naval artillery used c. 1787–1805
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obusier_de_vaisseau
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2023-07-22T08:07:21Z
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