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refer to record number 12995
| Designation: | 8-pdr Gun |
| Model: | 8-pdr Smoothbore Gun, French |
| Identification No: | 14 |
| Name: | L'Imprenable |
| Designed by: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Built at: | Douai Royal Foundry |
| Douai, Nord, France | |
| Year : | 1775 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Army Center of Military History |
| Item: | 4.9-inch smoothbore gun, bronze, 125in length, 3184 weight |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | breech band: A Douay par K Berenger, 8 Juillet 1775; right trunnion: P 3164; left trunnion: No 19; muzzle: L'Imprenable (handles, crown) |
| 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 59.018.002 |
| Comments: | Sherman Ave at Buford Ave |
| Known problems with data: |
| refs do not agree |
| 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/1375/rec/1242 |
| Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 90 |
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Last update to record: 2025-11-03