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{{Infobox weapon
|name= Canon de 6 système An XI
| image= Systeme An XI cannon de 6 Douay 1813.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption= Canon de 6 système An XI, founded in [[Douai|Douay]] in 1813, [[Les Invalides]]
|origin= France
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|used_by= France
|wars= [[Napoleonic Wars]]

|designer= [[Auguste de Marmont]]
|design_date= 1803
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|production_date= 1813
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The '''Canon de 6 système An XI''' was a French cannon and part of the [[Year XI system]] of artillery. It was part of the field artillery, and complemented the [[Gribeauval system]].

[[File:Canon de 6 systeme An XI detail.jpg|thumb|left|Canon de 6 système An XI, detail.]]
[[File:Gribeauval 1813 emblem of Napoleon I.jpg|thumb|left|Emblem of [[Napoleon I]] on an 1813 Canon de 6 système An XI
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[[File:French 6 pounder field gun cast 1813 in Metz captured at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington.jpg|thumb|left|French 6-pounder field gun, cast in 1813 in [[Metz]], captured at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] by the [[Duke of Wellington]], now at the [[Tower of London]].]]
The canon de 6 système An XI was used extensively during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. It was considered as a good intermediate between the [[Canon de 8 Gribeauval]], considered to be too heavy for field artillery, and the [[Canon de 4 Gribeauval]], considered as too light and lacking striking power.<ref>Chartrand (2), pp.24-33</ref>

One of the characteristics of the Canon de 6 is that its design is even simpler than that of the Gribeauval cannons, as it lacks reinforcing mould rings, except for the one before the muzzle.<ref>Chartrand (2), p.46</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Chartrand, René 2003 ''Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (1)'' {{ISBN|1-84176-458-2}} Osprey Publishing
* Chartrand, René 2003 ''Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (2)'' {{ISBN|1-84176-460-4}} Osprey Publishing

==External links==
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[[Category:Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars]]

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