How to Pronounce Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
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Mar 04, 1833 Mutzig, Grand Est, France Died on 05 Feb 1905 (aged 71)
French engineer
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About Antoine Alphonse 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.
