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The Reffye 85 mm cannon (French: Canon de campagne de 7 de Reffye modèle 1870) was a French artillery piece of the 19th century developed by the French artillery General Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye superintendent of the works at Meudon. The weapon was adopted by the French Army from 1870. It was an 85 mm (3.35-inch) rifled breech-loading cannon equipped with a breech screw initially made of bronze.