- The
Paixhans gun (French:
Canon Paixhans,
French pronunciation: [pɛksɑ̃]) was the
first naval gun
designed to fire
explosive s****. It was
developed by...
- wrote: "Terre! l'obus est Dieu,
Paixhans est son prophète." ("Earth! the s**** is God,
Paixhans is his Prophet.")
Paixhans developed a
delaying mechanism...
- The
Paixhans gun (French:
Canon Paixhans) was the
first naval gun
using explosive s****. It was
developed by
French general Henri-Joseph
Paixhans in 1822–1823...
- in
response to new
developments of
naval gun technology,
especially the
Paixhans guns and
rifled guns,
which used
explosive s**** with
increased destructive...
-
revolutionized by the
introduction of
explosive s****,
beginning with the
Paixhans guns.
Breakthroughs in
metallurgy and
modes of
production were followed...
-
caliber mortar was
conceived by the
French artillery officer Henri-Joseph
Paixhans. The
mortar was
manufactured under the
direction of the
Belgian Minister...
-
designed to fire
explosive s**** was the
Paixhans gun,
developed by the
French general Henri-Joseph
Paixhans in 1822–1823. He
advocated using flat-trajectory...
- breech-loading guns and then
reduced in
number to 10 guns.
Paixhans,
named after General Henri-Joseph
Paixhans, was
ordered on 1 June 1859,
although she had been...
-
artillery officer Henri-Joseph
Paixhans from
their origination in the U.S. Army but
named after him.
Dahlgren wrote:
Paixhans had so far
satisfied naval men...
- 7 in)
Paixhans guns on the
lower gundeck. On the
upper gundeck were twenty-four 30-pounder
short gun|30-pound
short guns and six 22 cm
Paixhans guns....
