Vavasseur mountings were several mounting devices for artillery and machine guns. They were invented and patented by

Josiah Vavasseur Josiah Vavasseur (26 November 1834 – 13 November 1908) was an English industrialist who founded Vavasseur and Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works). In 1883 the company merged with W.G. Armstrong and Company, and Vavasseur became a dire ...

. The mountings were used in Barton's Point Battery in

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, on the

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, in

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, England. Vavasseur pivot mountings were also used in naval artillery mounted on ships in the late 19th century.

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