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Canon De 24 C Modèle 1864
The Canon de 24 C modèle 1864 was a cast iron rifled breech loader built-up gun used by the French Navy and as coastal artillery. The Dutch army used it for coastal defense as '24 cm ijzer'. At least four guns still exist. Development The first rifled gun of the French navy was the Canon de 16 cm modèle 1855. It was followed by a series of 7 guns known as the modèle 1858–1860. These were 6 new or modified cannon ranging from 14 to 16 cm caliber and one modified 22 cm shell gun. They were hooped with steel bands and fired a cylindrical projectile of about twice the weight of the round bullet. One of these guns was a breechloader. During the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, both the Unionist smoothbore 280 mm Dahlgren guns and the Confederate 7 inch Brooke rifles proved unable to effectively deal with armored opponents. The first designs of almost all the French modèle 1864 guns date from October and December 1864. The family of modèle 1864 gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Mont-Valérien
Fort Mont-Valérien ( French: ''Forteresse du Mont-Valérien'') is a fortress in Suresnes, a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne. History Before Adolphe Thiers built the fortress, Mont Valérien was home to hermits. Since the 15th century a community of hermits lived on the slope of Puteaux similar to the one of Chartreux: private cells, communal holy Mass and holy Office, perpetual silence. Manual labor and prayer divided the days equally. The fortress defended Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, and remained the strongest fortress protecting the city, withstanding artillery bombardments that lasted several months. The surrender of the fortress was one of the main issues of the armistice signed by the Government of National Defense with Otto von Bismarck on 17 January 1871, allowing the Germans to occupy the strongest part of Paris' defences in exchange for shipments of food into the starvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
