The ''canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval'' (Gribeauval heavy 8-pounder cannon) was a French canon and part of the

Gribeauval system The Gribeauval system (French: ''système Gribeauval'') was an artillery system introduced by Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval during the 18th century. This system revolutionized French cannons, with a new production system ...

developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery.''Napoleon's Guns, 1792–1815'' by Rene Chartrand, Ray Hutchins pp. 6–7
/ref> The canon lourd de 8 Gribeauval was used extensively during the wars following the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

, as well as the

Napoleonic wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. Some of the earlier Gribeauval siege guns kept the baroque "dolphin" design for the handles.

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