Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne (7 November 1860 in Condé-en-Barrois, Meuse – 2 April 1936 in Paris) was a general of artillery and a specialist in military...
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of Charles Estienne Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne (1860–1936), general of artillery and the creator of the French tank arm Georges Estienne (1896–1969)...
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Schneider CA1 (section Estienne's proposal)
onwards by engineer Eugène Brillié, paralleling British development of tanks the same year. Colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne in December 1915 began...
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extremely irregular terrain of battlefields. The French colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne considered armed cross-country vehicles such as the future tank...
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had been used in the Allied war effort. The French colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne articulated the vision of a cross-country armoured vehicle on...
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origins in the concept of a Char de Bataille conceived by General Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne in 1919, e.g. in his memorandum Mémoire sur les missions des...
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in more-open terrain. On 23 August 1914 the French Colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, later a major proponent of tanks, declared, "Gentlemen, victory...
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history of French armour. The museum was renamed after General Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, the creator of the French tank arm. Tank museums Cavalry Tank...
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lead-up to the First World War Tricornot de Rose served under Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne to develop French army aviation and experimented with mounting...
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class corresponding to the new project. However, brigadier Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, commander of the new tank force, the Assault Artillery, was...
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