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1828 French 12 lb Mountain Howitzer

1835 U.S. 12 lb Mountain Howitzer

see a model made from the original plans by Rob Zimmerman

Download original plans in high resolution.

A third contender?
A 6" bore (12 pdr) French Mountain Howitzer from the Napoleonic Wars.
Note similarity to the howitzer in the Preuss drawing at Pyramid Lake

go An article on Frémont's "Lost Cannon"

Read THE CROSSING to find out where Frémont's Howitzer was left in 1844.

 

 


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