The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans, French pronunciation:) was the first naval gun designed to fire explosive shells. It was developed by the French general Henri-Joseph …

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 by combining the flat …

In 1827 the French navy ordered 50 Paixhans guns, called Canons-obusier of 80, as they could fire solid shot weighing 80 livres (86.5 pounds) and shells weighing 56 livres (60.5 pounds). …

In 1823, he invented the first shell guns, which came to be called Paixhans guns (or "canon-obusiers" in the French Navy). Paixhans guns became the first naval guns to combine …

In 1809, French artillery General Henri-Joseph Paixhans began work on a shell-firing naval gun that could solve these problems. His solution was to replace a traditional fuze with a wooden …

Developed by French General Henri Paixhans, The Paixhan was one of the first “Heavy Guns” to safely fire an explosive shell. Designed primarily for Naval use, The Paixhans was the …

The first large shell guns from Paixhans’ design, chambered howitzers firing a 62.5-pound (28.5-kg) shell (thicker-walled than bombs to penetrate before exploding) was tested in 1824 against …

Paixhans advocated the usage of flat-trajectory shell guns against warships in 1822 in his Nouvelle force maritime et artillerie. Paixhans developed a delaying mechanism which, for the …

The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans, French pronunciation: [pɛksɑ̃]) was the first naval gun designed to fire explosive shells. It was developed by the French general Henri-Joseph …

The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans) was the first naval gun designed to fire explosive shells. It was developed by the French general Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1822-1823.