Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
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Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
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| Born | Antoine Alphonse Chassepot March 4, 1833 Mutzig, France |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Alsace |
| Occupation | inventor |
A Chassepot.
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905) was a French inventor and gunsmith. He was born in 1833 at Mutzig in Alsace. He invented the breech-loading, center-fire needle gun rifle known as the Chassepot. It was adopted by the French army in 1866 for which he received the Cross of the Légion d'honneur and a gratuity of 30,000 francs.[1]
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