Schneider et Cie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the French town of

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgic ...

, was a historic French iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the Belgian

Empain group The Empain group was a loose grouping of companies founded by Édouard Empain (1852–1929) of Belgium and controlled by the Empain family. From 1881 until merging with Schneider & Cie in 1969, the companies engaged in a broad range of activities ...

and merged with it in 1969 to form Empain-Schneider, which in 1980 was renamed Schneider SA and in 1999, after much restructuring,

Schneider Electric Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management. It addresses homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automatio ...

Origins

In 1836, Adolphe Schneider and his brother

Eugène Schneider Joseph Eugène Schneider (29 March 1805 – 27 November 1875) was a French industrialist and politician. In 1836, he co-founded the Schneider company with his brother, Adolphe Schneider. For many years he was a Deputy, and he was briefly Minister ...

bought iron-ore mines and forges around

(

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding. The Creusot steam hammer was built in 1877.

Somua Somua, an acronym for ''Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie'', was a French company that manufactured machinery and vehicles. A subsidiary of Schneider-Creusot, Somua was based in Saint-Ouen, a suburb of Paris. Overview ...

, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the

SOMUA S35 The SOMUA S35 was a French cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the Cavalry, it was for its time a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in armour and armament to its Frenc ...

tank.

Armaments

Vehicles

Schneider CA1 The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Western Front prevailed duri ...

, the first French

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful ...

*''Ferré'', a 46-meter long submarine *Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive * Schneider Coast Defense Train

Mountain guns

75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 The 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 ( el, πυροβόλο Σνάιντερ-Δαγκλή) was a Greek-designed and French-manufactured mountain gun. The invention of a mountain gun that could easily be broken down to pieces for transport, and ...

(named after

Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis ( el, Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek Army general and politician. He is particularly notable for his invention of the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balk ...

) *

Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider The Canon de 75 M (montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider (75 mm mle.1919) was a French mountain gun designed as a replacement of the 65 mm mle 1906. The mle 1919 was manufactured by Schneider et Cie and used during World War II. For transport, t ...

* Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928 * 76 mm mountain gun modèle 1909

Other artillery

* Canet guns *

Canon de 75 modèle 1897 The French 75 mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (Frenc ...

Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider The Canon de 75 modele 1912 Schneider was a French World War I piece of 75 mm artillery, designed and manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot. It entered service with the French horse-mounted artillery in 1912 and a number were sol ...

* Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider * Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939 *

Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider The ''Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider'' ( el, Πεδινό Πυροβόλο Σνάιντερ 85χιλ. (υπόδειγμα 1925)) was a field gun used by Greece during World War II. After the occupation of Greece, the Germans allotted this gun ...

Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider The Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider was a field gun A field gun is a field artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat could be moved about the battlef ...

* 107 mm gun modèle 1910 * 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun * 122 mm howitzer modèle 1910 * 152 mm howitzer modèle 1909 * 152 mm howitzer modèle 1910 * 152 mm siege gun modèle 1910 * 155 mm Creusot Long Tom *

Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider The Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, often abbreviated as the ''C17S'', was a French howitzer designed by Schneider. It was essentially the ''Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Schneider'' fitted with a different breech to use bagged propellant r ...

* Canon de 194 mle GPF * Canon de 220 L mle 1917 * Mortier de 220 modèle 1915/1916 Schneider *

Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider The Mortier de 280 TR Modèle 1914 Schneider was a French siege howitzer manufactured by the Schneider et Cie company, used during World War I. The howitzer had its origins from a Russian Army policy to upgrade its artillery park after the poor ...

Schneider Trophy

Starting in 1911,

Jacques Schneider Jacques P. Schneider (25 July 1879 – 1 May 1928) was the French financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, who created the Schneider Trophy. Life Jacques P. Schneider was born near Paris on 25 July 1879. His father was Paul Henry Schneide ...

offered the Schneider Trophy. It was a competition for seaplanes, with a large and prestigious prize.

Notes

External links

Lokomotive Schneider Creusot 1870
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