Antoine Alphonse Chassepot

Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
	Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
Born	Antoine Alphonse Chassepot; March 4, 1833; Mutzig, France
Died	February 5, 1905 (aged 71); Gagny
Occupation	inventor

A Chassepot.

Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905) was a French inventor and gunsmith. Born in 1833 in the town of Mutzig in Alsace, he is best known for inventing the breech-loading, center-fire needle gun rifle named after him: the Chassepot. Officially known as the Fusil modèle 1866, the rifle was adopted by the French army in 1866, for which Chassepot received the Cross of the Légion d'honneur and a gratuity of 30,000 francs.^[1]

References

↑ John Walter (2006). Rifles of the World (3 ed.). Iola: Krause Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-89689-241-5.

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[1] John Walter (2006). Rifles of the World (3 ed.). Iola: Krause Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-89689-241-5.

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