Le lieutenant-colonel Joseph Albert Deport - Paul Jobert

Joseph-Albert Deport (September 17, 1846 – November 1, 1926) best known as one of designers of the

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 (Frenc ...

Biography

He was born on September 17, 1846 in Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse. He attended the

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, Savoi ...

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 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 189 ...

, where he worked afterwards, was the now-universally adopted

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 use ...

carriage for artillery pieces, patented in 1907-1908, and his most important design was the first split-trail gun in the world, Italian

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 goi ...

used in both WWI and WWII. He passed away on November 1, 1926.

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Joseph-Albert Deport
at the Digital Mechanism and Gear Library * http://saint-loup.chez-alice.fr/Saintloup/deport.html École Polytechnique alumni 1846 births 1926 deaths French military engineers {{France-mil-bio-stub