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refer to record number 12994
| Designation: | 16-pdr Gun |
| Model: | 16-pdr Smoothbore Gun, French |
| Identification No: | 1268 |
| Name: | L'Impetueuse |
| Designed by: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Built at: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Douai, Nord, France | |
| Year : | 1769 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Army Center of Military History |
| Item: | 5.5-inch smoothbore gun, bronze, 119in length |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | breech band: A Douay par 1 Carenoer 11X BRE 1769; left trunnion: No 1268; right trunnion: P 3320; muzzle: L'Impetueuse (handles) |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Fort Leavenworth Army Post |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 90 |
| Owner Reference No: | LEAV 59.018.003 |
| Comments: | Sherman Ave at Buford Ave |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Restricted entry | |
| Location: | Frontier Army Museum | |
| 100 Reynolds Ave | ||
| Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 39.349372-94.914892 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| https://www.armyupress.army.mil - educational services |
| https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15040coll3/id/740/rec/715 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-11-03