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Henri-Joseph Paixhans

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Henri-Joseph Paixhans > shellfire naval warfare

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In 1821, the French artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans published his vision of shellfire that could penetrate wooden hulls and upend the era’s tactical assumptions.

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Henri-Joseph Paixhanspublished a vision ofshellfire naval warfare

“In 1821, the French artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans published his vision of shellfire that could penetrate wooden hulls and upend the era’s tactical assumptions.”

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