 | Henri-Joseph Paixhans (French pronunciation: [pɛksɑ̃]; January 22, 1783, Metz – August 22, 1854, Jouy-aux-Arches) was a French artillery officer of the... 9 KB (648 words) - 08:15, 2 September 2022 |
 | The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans, French pronunciation: [pɛksɑ̃]) was the first naval gun designed to fire explosive shells. It was developed by... 14 KB (1,816 words) - 12:04, 10 October 2023 |
 | (610 mm) caliber mortar was conceived by the French artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans. The mortar was manufactured under the direction of the Belgian... 12 KB (1,052 words) - 21:08, 20 April 2024 |
 | revolutionized by the introduction of explosive shells, beginning with the Paixhans guns. Breakthroughs in metallurgy and modes of production were followed... 18 KB (774 words) - 16:56, 31 January 2024 |
 | inspiration for the later shell-only cannons developed by Frenchman Henri-Joseph Paixhans some 30 years later. The first columbiads produced in 1811 had a... 10 KB (1,148 words) - 06:07, 1 January 2024 |
exploding shells pioneered in the early-mid nineteenth century by Henri-Joseph Paixhans. The idea behind a gun that could fire spherical exploding shells... 6 KB (679 words) - 02:28, 2 October 2023 |
 | were the Belgian "Monster Mortar" (24 in (610 mm)) developed by Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1832, Mallet's Mortar (36 in (910 mm)) developed by Robert Mallet... 38 KB (4,364 words) - 09:17, 5 May 2024 |
The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans) was the first naval gun using explosive shells. It was developed by French general Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1822–1823... 15 KB (2,215 words) - 14:50, 9 September 2023 |
| first canon-obusiers were naval shell guns, invented in 1823 by Henri-Joseph Paixhans and introduced in the French Navy in 1842. This invention was related... 3 KB (300 words) - 10:45, 16 October 2023 |
 | designed to fire explosive shells was the Paixhans gun, developed by the French general Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1822–1823. He advocated using flat-trajectory... 111 KB (14,705 words) - 09:51, 2 May 2024 |
the first proponents of the Jeune École was the artillery general Henri-Joseph Paixhans, who invented explosive shell guns for warships during the 1820s... 6 KB (684 words) - 22:26, 6 November 2023 |
 | were introduced following their development by the French Général Henri-Joseph Paixhans. By the 1840s they were part of the standard armament for naval... 79 KB (10,825 words) - 09:01, 29 April 2024 |
 | French artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans from their origination in the U.S. Army but named after him. Dahlgren wrote: Paixhans had so far satisfied... 16 KB (1,815 words) - 06:07, 13 April 2024 |
 | This all changed when the French Navy adopted a design of Col. Henri-Joseph Paixhans for a shell gun (canon-obusier) of 22 cm (8.7-inch) capable of throwing... 31 KB (3,806 words) - 05:58, 13 April 2024 |
 | September 1819, the French engineer and Army artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans wrote to the Ministry of the Navy to propose a fusing system to... 10 KB (1,210 words) - 09:44, 13 February 2024 |
 | development of artillery firing shells for the Navy, invented by Henri-Joseph Paixhans In 1850, Napoléon became the first purpose-built steam-powered battleship... 49 KB (6,130 words) - 05:41, 31 March 2024 |
 | the other half being 60-pounder Paixhans guns. The middle deck fielded 18 30-pounder short guns and another 18 Paixhans guns of 60 pounds. The upper battery... 16 KB (1,878 words) - 04:56, 28 March 2024 |
Guise (1519–1563), French statesman. Appointed governor of Metz by King Henri II, he successfully defended the city from the forces of Emperor Charles... 15 KB (744 words) - 16:13, 22 June 2023 |
Park in England as a Camellia house. French officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans develops the Paixhans gun, the first naval artillery to fire explosive shells... 6 KB (662 words) - 13:49, 1 May 2024 |
 | Sané. She was the first ship to sustain damage from Paixhans shells, during test-firing of Paixhans' canon-obusiers. Commissioned in Antwerp in 1814, Pacificateur... 3 KB (180 words) - 15:53, 25 July 2023 |
early as 1820, that is to say two years before the publication of Henri-Joseph Paixhans' Nouvelle Force Maritime, brought forward his first 8-inch shell-gun... 3 KB (432 words) - 06:50, 4 March 2024 |
 | covered and one uncovered: 63 smoothbore guns of 24 pounds, 4 smoothbore Paixhans howitzers of 80 pounds, 4 smoothbore howitzers of 30 pounds and 16 24-pounder... 10 KB (910 words) - 03:35, 17 January 2024 |