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

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a Communes of France, commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerl ...

, was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the Belgian Empain group 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 corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management. Registered as a Societas Europaea, Schneider Electric is a ''Fortune'' Global 500 company, publicly traded on the Euronex ...

Origins

In 1836, Adolphe Schneider and his brother Eugène Schneider bought iron-ore mines and forges at

(

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 B ...

). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding. The Creusot steam hammer was built in 1877. Somua, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the SOMUA S35 tank.

Armaments

Vehicles

Schneider CA1 The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French Third Republic, 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 Wester ...

, 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 battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...

*Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive * Schneider Coast Defense Train

Ships

* Ferré-class submarine, a pair of long

submarines A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or info ...

in service with the Peruvian Navy *, a ''Circé''-class submarine

Mountain guns

75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 The 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 (Greek: Ορειβατικό πυροβόλο των 75χιλ. Schneider-Δαγκλής, υποδ. 1908) (French: Matériel de montagne à tir rapide de 75mm, type MPD) was a 75mm mountain gun used by multipl ...

(named after

Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis (; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek military officer and politician. He is particularly notable for inventing the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balkan Wars, and participation in the Triumvi ...

) * Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider * 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 is a Quick-firing gun, quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and S ...

* Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider * Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider * Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider * Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939 * Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider * Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider * 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 The 155 mm Creusot ''Long Tom'' was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns. Four guns, along with 4,000 common shells, 4,000 shra ...

Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider The Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider (or Canon de 155 C Mle 1917 Schneider), often abbreviated as the ''C17S'', was a French howitzer designed by Schneider-Creusot, Schneider. It was essentially the ''Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Schneider'' f ...

* Canon de 194 mle GPF * Canon de 220 L mle 1917 * Mortier de 220 modèle 1915/1916 Schneider * Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider

Schneider Trophy

Starting in 1911, Jacques Schneider offered the

Schneider Trophy The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, also known as the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or (incorrectly) the Schneider Cup is a trophy that was awarded first annually, and later biennially, to the winner of a race for seaplanes and ...

. It was a competition for seaplanes, with a large and prestigious prize.

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Lokomotive Schneider Creusot 1870
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