Chapter 8 Flashcards
A British Army designed the conical bullets in 1823.
Capt. John Norton
renowned English gunsmith, invented the Greener bullet in 1836.
William Greener
Uzi machine Gun in 1950s which were first used by the Israeli Army.
Uziel Gal
he worked with the explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates
major inspiration for Alfred Nobel and Ascanio Sobrero.
Theopile-Jules Pelouze
Founder of the Medico – Legal faculty at Cairo University and later Regis Professor of Forensic Medicine at Edinburgh, was one of the leading exponents, studying entrance and exit wounds.
Sydney Smith
designed the Russian Service Rifle in 1891
Sergei Mossin
standard service weapon of the Swiss Gov’t.
Schweizerische Industria Gesselschaft (SIG)
revolvers and later on pistols. Born July 1814.
Samuel Colt
an English monk and scientist, credited with the invention of gunpowder (blackpowder). Official name: Constantine Anklitzen
Roger Bacon (1248)
Hand-wranked and Duver Gatling type of machine gun. Born in 1818 at North Carolina, USA.
RJ Gatling
invented Mauser pistols and rifles.
They also produced the First metal cartridge weapon of the German Empire.
Paul and Wilhelm Mauser
an officer of the British Army who made demonstration before the King of Great Britain.
Patrick Ferguson
maker of high quality Cal. 22, sporting rifles and Pump action shotguns. Born in 1866 at Sweden, Europe.
Oscar Mossberge
initiated the building of Winchester Company.
Oliver F. Winchester
a Russian gun designer, started as engineer in a train depot, later employed in the Red Army and developed tanks and rifles.
Michael Kalashnikov
Invented the Johnson Model 1941 Rifle, one of the most innovative rifles of its time period
Melvin M. Johnson
an Australian Engineer who invented the Military Tank in 1912.
Lance de Mole
an Army Officer and Gun designer. His first design was produced by Kayoba Factory in 1904.
Kijiro Nambu
invented the Thompson Machine Gun in 1920. Born in 1860 at Newport, Kentucky, USA.
John Thompson
produced single shot rifles which were adopted by Winchester. Born in 1855.
John Moises Browning
a German Armorer and Gunsmith and inventor-manufacturer of Lever Action Rifles in 1800 at New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
John Mahlon Marlin
invented the Grand Rifle in 1931, the first self-reloading rifle in the World. Born in 1888 in Quebec, Canada.
John Cantius Garand