Joseph-Albert Deport
Joseph-Albert Deport (September 17, 1846 – November 1, 1926) best known as one of designers of the Canon de 75 modèle 1897. Biography He was born on September 17, 1846 in Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse. He attended the École Polytechnique in 1866-1868. He began his career of an artillery officer in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War; wounded in combat, he was made a cavaler of the Legion of Honor. After the war he rose up in ranks until appointed director of the Atelier de Construction de Puteaux state arsenal. There he was promoted to Lt.-Col. and started the design process of the quick-firing 75-mm gun that was later designated modèle 1897. However he resigned from the French army in 1894 in order to move to the private industry after he was passed in further promotion so he has not participated in the further design of the gun. His most important invention at the Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons, where he worked afterwards, was the now-universally a ...
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Canon De 75 Modèle 1897
The French 75 mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "seventy-five"). The French 75 was designed as an anti-personnel weapon system for delivering large volumes of time-fused shrapnel shells on enemy troops advancing in the open. After 1915 and the onset of trench warfare, other types of battlefield use demanding impact-detonated high-explosive shells prevailed. By 1918 the 75s became the main agents of delivery for toxic gas shells. The 75s also became widely used as truck mounted anti-aircraft artillery. They were the main armament of the Saint-Chamond tank in 1918. When World War II broke out the French were still using the “75” against lightly armored tanks like the Panzer III and IV. The French 75 is widely regarded as the first modern artillery piece.Priscilla Mary Roberts"Fr ...
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Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse
Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The following is a list of the 539 communes in the French department of Haute-Saône. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Saône {{HauteSaône-geo-stub ...
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École Polytechnique
École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoie, a French commune * École-Valentin, a French commune in the Doubs département * Grandes écoles, higher education establishments in France * The École, a French-American bilingual school in New York City Ecole may refer to: * Ecole Software This is a list of Notability, notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies. ...

Atelier De Construction De Puteaux
The Atelier de Construction de Puteaux (APX) (English translation: "Puteaux Construction Workshops") was a state arsenal belonging to the French Army. It was located at 8, quai national in Puteaux. History Atelier de Construction de Puteaux was in charge of making ammunition and carrying out tests. The factories also produced small and medium-sized equipment (firearms and knives), while the so-called “manufacturing” workshops produced larger equipment ( artillery pieces). Atelier de Construction de Puteaux disappeared after the Second World War, being transferred to Satory and merged with Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX), which specialized in the construction of tanks and other armored vehicles. Atelier de Construction de Puteaux had two responsibilities: To design new weapons for the French Army. It specialized in small arms and medium caliber weapons and their accessories: such as machine guns, cannon, tank turrets, Telescopic sights for rifles, miss ...
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Société Des Forges De Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons
The Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry was a French steelmaking company, formed as a limited company in 1862 from the Société Bouguéret, Martenot et Cie., a creation from the combination of several French iron makers in 1846. In 1898 the company merged with the Société métallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves-Maisons to form the Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons. In 1979 the works became part of Usinor, forming part of the Unimetal division in 1984. By 2000 the plant in Neuves-Maisons had become part of the Riva Group and as of 2011 produces mainly long products including rebar from scrap metal using electric arc furnaces. History Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry Metal working in the Châtillonais region dated back to the Iron Age, with a ready supply of wood from the region's forests, and near surface deposits of iron ore the area became one of the major production centres of iron in France in the 19th century, the c ...
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Split-trail
A gun carriage is a frame and mount that supports the gun barrel of an artillery piece, allowing it to be maneuvered and fired. These platforms often had wheels so that the artillery pieces could be moved more easily. Gun carriages are also used on ships to facilitate the movement and aiming of large cannons. Early guns The earliest guns were laid directly onto the ground, with earth being piled up under the muzzle end of the barrel to increase the elevation. As the size of guns increased, they began to be attached to heavy wooden frames or beds that were held down by stakes. These began to be replaced by wheeled carriages in the early 16th century. Smoothbore gun carriages From the 16th to the mid-19th century, the main form of artillery remained the smoothbore cannon. By this time, the trunnion (a short axle protruding from either side of the gun barrel) had been developed, with the result that the barrel could be held in two recesses in the carriage and secured with an ir ...
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Cannone Da 75/27 Modello 11
The Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 was a French-designed field gun produced in Italy prior to World War I. It was introduced in 1912, designed by Joseph-Albert Deport. It was taken into service by Italy for use with its Alpine and cavalry troops going into World War I, and was built there in large numbers. The gun was designed with two notable features. It was the first artillery piece to introduce the split trail, as well as the last to utilize its novel dual-recoil system. The former became a very popular feature on artillery pieces through to the modern day. The later, while functional, did not get repeated. The dual-recoil system consisted of a small tubular recoil under the barrel which in turn traveled in a traditional rectangular cradle. This lessened heat transfer from the gun barrel to the recoil mechanism effectively, but was not necessary for the added complexity. Some guns had two crew seats on the front of the gun shield. The gun was used by the Italian army throughout ...
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École Polytechnique Alumni
École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoie, a French commune * École-Valentin, a French commune in the Doubs département * Grandes écoles, higher education establishments in France * The École, a French-American bilingual school in New York City Ecole may refer to: * Ecole Software This is a list of Notability, notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies. ...

1846 Births
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1926 Deaths
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