George Koehler

British military engineer Date Of Birth : 1758-01-14T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1800-12-29T00:00:00Z

George Frederick Koehler (14 January 1758 – 29 December 1800) was a British artist, soldier and engineer. He is known for creating a gun that recoiled allowing it to fire down the side of a mountain without sending the gun carriage flying into the air. The Koehler Depressing Carriage is still commemorated today in Gibraltar where it was an important defence during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

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