Summary
Schneider et Compagnie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the french town of Le Creusot, was a historic French iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1960s, it was taken over by the Belgian Empain group and merged with it in 1969 to form Empain-Schneider, which in 1980 was renamed Schneider SA and in 1999, after much restructuring, Schneider Electric.
Origins edit
In 1836, Adolphe Schneider and his brother Eugène Schneider bought iron-ore mines and forges at Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire). They developed a business dealing in steel, railways, armaments, and shipbuilding.[3]
The Creusot steam hammer was built in 1877.
Somua, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the SOMUA S35 tank.
Armaments edit
Vehicles edit
- Schneider CA1, the first French tank
- Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive
- Schneider Coast Defense Train
Ships edit
- French submarine Ferré, a 46-metre (151 ft) long submarine
- Calypso (Q126), a Circé-class submarine
Mountain guns edit
- 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 (named after Panagiotis Danglis)
- Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider
- Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928
- 76 mm mountain gun modèle 1909
Other artillery edit
- Canet guns
- Canon de 75 modèle 1897
- Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider
- Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider
- Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider
- Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939
- Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider
- Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider
- 107 mm gun modèle 1910
- 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun
- 122 mm howitzer modèle 1910
- 152 mm howitzer modèle 1909
- 152 mm howitzer modèle 1910
- 152 mm siege gun modèle 1910
- 155 mm Creusot Long Tom
- Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider
- Canon de 194 mle GPF
- Canon de 220 L mle 1917
- Mortier de 220 modèle 1915/1916 Schneider
- Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider
Schneider Trophy edit
Starting in 1911, Jacques Schneider offered the Schneider Trophy. It was a competition for seaplanes, with a large and prestigious prize.
See also edit
- Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, part of the Schneider group between 1882 and 1927
- Somua, a truck manufacturer acquired by Schneider in 1914 and sold to Renault in 1955
- De Wendel family, long-standing competitors of the Schneiders
- Société Métallurgique de Normandie
Notes edit
Further reading edit
- Grant, Jonathan A. Grant, Between Depression and Disarmament: The International Armaments Business, 1919-1939 (Cambridge UP, 2018). Online review
External links edit
- Lokomotive Schneider Creusot 1870