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Bill Peters
 Post subject: Howitzer Question
PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:16 am 
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Was a French 24lb Howitzer also known as a 5.7 or 5.5 inch howitzer?

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Al Amos
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From Bowden's <u>Napoleon and Austerlitz</u> pg 69:

"Because different manufacturers had different calibers, the smaller, lighter howitzers were listed as <i>obusier de 5 pounces, 4 lignes,</i> or as <i>obusier de 5 pounces, 6 lignes,</i> or as <i>obusier 5 pounces, 7 lignes.</i> In the later years of the Empire, all of these different lighter howitzers would simply be referred to as <i>obusiers de 24,</i> which described the howitzer by the weight of its projectile, that being 24 livres (pounds)."

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Thanks Al. I have that book but had missed it when I looked over it.

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