Year XI system

Canon de 6 système An XI, founded in Douay in 1813.
Canon de 12 court, modèle 1803 (short 12-pdr cannon, Mk 1803), Le Papegay, Year XI system. Founded in 1824 in Douai. Caliber: 120 mm (rifled in 1858). Length: 210 cm. Weight: 880 kg. Ammunition: 6 kg metal ball.

The Year XI system (French:"Système An XI", after of the 11th year of the French Republic, i.e. 1803) was a French artillery system developed during the rule of Napoleon. The Year XI system was original in that it brought various improvements to the highly successful Gribeauval system, on which many successes of the Napoleonic Wars relied. It especially consisted in streamlining the existing Gribeauval designs.[1] The main proponent of the new system was General Marmont.[2] It was superseded by the Valée system.

  1. ^ The Roots of Artillery Doctrine: Napoleonic Artillery tactics reconsidered by B McConachy - 2001 [1]
  2. ^ Chartrand (1) pp.23-34