Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (born 1715)

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval

French general (1715–1789)

Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform guns without sacrificing range. His Gribeauval system superseded the…