The Saint-Chamond (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʃamɔ̃] ) was the second French tank to enter service during the First World War, with 400 manufactured from...
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Saint-Chamond (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʃamɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. Situated...
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St Chamond may refer to: Saint Chamond otherwise Annemund, bishop of Lyon Saint-Chamond, Loire, a French town named after him Saint-Chamond (manufacturer)...
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The Canon de 75 modèle 1915 Saint-Chamond also known as the Canon de Tir Rapide 75 mm St Chamond or the Saint-Chamond-Mondragón was specified in the 1890s...
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The Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Saint-Chamond was a French howitzer used during World War I. It was based on a private prototype of a 150 millimetres (5...
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Canon de 145 L modèle 1916 Saint-Chamond or 145 L 16 was a French heavy artillery piece designed and produced during the First World War. From 1918, many...
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The Saint-Chamond modèle 1921 was a prototype wheel-cum-track military vehicle made in France during the interwar period. The type was known as autochenilles...
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Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d'Homécourt (redirect from Saint-Chamond (arms manufacturer))
navy, army, and railroads. It is often known as Saint-Chamond from its main location in Saint-Chamond, Loire. In 1815 James Jackson, a manufacturer from...
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Saint-Chamond Basket is a professional basketball club based in Saint-Chamond, France. The team currently plays in the Pro B, the second highest professional...
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Claire-Marie Mazarelli, marquise de la Vieuville de Saint-Chamond (born 1731 in Paris) was an 18th-century French woman of letters. The daughter of Angel...
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Frot-Laffly landship, Boirault machine and Souain experiment. Another 400 Saint-Chamond tanks were manufactured from April 1917 to July 1918 but they were underpowered...
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The canton of Saint-Chamond is an administrative division of the Loire department, in eastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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17 January; the Army would develop the eight-wheeled system into the Saint-Chamond heavy tank. Whereas the first order spoke of tracteurs Estienne, the...
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The canton of Saint-Chamond-Nord is a French former administrative division located in the department of Loire and the Rhône-Alpes region. It was disbanded...
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August 1772 in Bourg-Argental, Forez province; died 15 April 1851 in Saint-Chamond, Loire department), was a French silk industrialist, and more notably...
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completed for use in the Saint-Chamond vehicle. A prototype of the Saint-Chamond vehicle was manufactured with a 220 mm Saint-Chamond howitzer and although...
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Nico Prost (category People from Saint-Chamond)
a son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. Born in Saint-Chamond, Loire, and despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World...
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of the Saint-Chamond were produced. While moderately successful, these early systems were large and extremely heavy; the one in the Saint-Chamond added...
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Gabet tank † FCM A * FCM 1A † FCM 1B * Peugeot tank † Renault FT Saint-Chamond Saint-Chamond 25t * Schneider CA1 Schneider CA2 and CA3 † Schneider CA4 * Germany...
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The canton of Saint-Chamond-Sud is a French former administrative division located in the department of Loire and the Rhône-Alpes region. It was disbanded...
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Ravachol (category People from Saint-Chamond)
July 1892) was a French anarchist. He was born on 14 October 1859, at Saint-Chamond, Loire and was guillotined on 11 July 1892, at Montbrison after being...
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mounted anti-aircraft artillery. They were the main armament of the Saint-Chamond tank in 1918 and the Char 2c. The French 75 is widely regarded as the...
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deployed, together with smaller numbers of the older Schneider CA1 and Saint-Chamond tanks. As the war had become a war of movement during mid-1918, during...
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fortifications in Switzerland, where six 120 mm guns on rail-mounted Saint Chamond disappearing carriages remained at Fort de Dailly until replaced in...
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Inc. Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila Montupet EOOD, Ruse, Ruse Linamar Saint-Chamond, Saint-Chamond, Rhone-Alpes Linamar Montfaucon Transmission, Montfaucon, Auvergne...
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deployed and suffered 50% losses from German long-range artillery. The Saint-Chamond tanks, first deployed on 5 May, proved to be so badly designed that...
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The Jardin botanique de Saint-Chamond (7,000 m²) is a botanical garden located at 4 chemin du Jardin Botanique, Saint-Chamond, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn] ; Franco-Provençal: Sant-Etiève) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central...
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designed by FAMH (Saint-Chamond) as part of the French TLP (très longue portée, “very long range”) projects. Approval for the Saint-Chamond long range gun...
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greatly hampered the mobility of the earlier French Schneider CA1 and Saint Chamond tanks. The tank could overcome a 1-metre-high (3.3 ft) vertical obstacle...
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