De Bange 80 mm cannon
| De Bange 80mm Mle 1877 "Canon de campagne de 80 modèle 1877" | |
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The gun in the Museum of Military History, Budapest | |
| Type | Breechloading cannon |
| Place of origin |
 France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1877- |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Charles Ragon de Bange |
| Designed | 1877 |
| Manufacturer | Puteaux |
| Produced | 1879 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 423 kg |
| Length | 2.28 m |
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| Shell | 4.9 kg explosive shell |
| Caliber | 80 mm |
| Barrels | 1, steel |
| Rate of fire | N/A |
| Sights | unknown |
The De Bange 80mm cannon (Mle 1877) was a type of field artillery piece.
History
It developed in France by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange in 1877,[1] and adopted by the French Army that same year. It superseded the earlier Reffye cannon (1870) and the Lahitolle 95mm cannon (1875). De Bange also manufactured another cannon of a rather similar size: the De Bange 90mm cannon.
The cannon was breech loading and used the original mushroom-shaped obturator system developed by de Bange, allowing to properly seal the breech during each firing.[2] The cannon still had an important recoil, meaning that it moved backward at each firing, necessitating re-aiming every time, which considerably slowed the rate of firing. This would remain a problem with all artillery pieces until the development of the recoilless Canon de 75 in 1897.
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See also
Media related to De Bange 80mm cannon at Wikimedia Commons
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