Canon de 6 système An XI

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| image= Systeme An XI cannon de 6 Douay 1813.jpg

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|caption= Canon de 6 système An XI, founded in Douay in 1813, Les Invalides

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|designer= Auguste de Marmont

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The Canon de 6 système An XI was a French cannon and part of the Year XI system of artillery. It was part of the field artillery, and complemented the Gribeauval system.

File:Canon de 6 systeme An XI detail.jpg

File:Gribeauval 1813 emblem of Napoleon I.jpg on an 1813 Canon de 6 système An XI

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The canon de 6 système An XI was used extensively during the Napoleonic Wars. It was considered as a good intermediate between the Canon de 8 Gribeauval, considered to be too heavy for field artillery, and the Canon de 4 Gribeauval, considered as too light and lacking striking power.Chartrand (2), pp.24-33

One of the characteristics of the Canon de 6 is that its design is even simpler than that of the Gribeauval cannons, as it lacks reinforcing mould rings, except for the one before the muzzle.Chartrand (2), p.46