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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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Inventor of Uzi Machine gun in 1950s.

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Uziel Gal

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2
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Father of percussion ignition

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Alexander John Forsyth

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3
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Discovery on great heights in the form of commercial explosives including dynamite

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Alfred Bemhard Nobel

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Italian chemist, he was studying under Theophile - Jules Pelouze

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Ascanio Sobrero

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5
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One of the first to state sound ballistics theories

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Benjamin Robins

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German monk that was credited for the application of gunpowder for propelling missile

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Berthold Schwartz

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7
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developed a small caliber automatic pistol in 1866

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Carl Walter

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8
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Chicago Illinois is credited with producing first commercial bulletproof vest available to the public starting in the late 1800s

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Casimir Zeglen

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Asked Fillippo to designed the first bulletproof vest in 1538

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Francesco Maria della Rovere

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10
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Formed and developed the ArmaLite

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Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan

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German-Swiss chemist who is best known for inventing the fuel cell and his discoveries of guncotton and ozone.

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Christian Friedrich Schonbein

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12
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Patented the first pump action shotgun

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Christopher Spencer

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13
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Created the first auto-loading shotgun

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John Browning

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14
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developed the first shotgun chambered to fire 3.5 inch 12-gauge cartridge

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O.F Mossberg and Sons

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15
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British army who designed the conical bullets in 1823

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Capt. John Norton

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16
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English gunsmith, invented the greener bullet in 1836

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William Greener

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17
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Father of modern ballistics

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Col. Calvin H. Goddard

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18
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Maker of carbine rifle

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David “Carbine” Williams

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19
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One of the first rifle makers

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Eliphalet Remington

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20
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designed a machinery of making colt firearms

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Elizabeth King Root

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21
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developed AR15/M16 rifle

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Eugene Stoner

22
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designer of service pistols of Soviet Forces. Received an award - Hero of Socialist labor

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Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev

23
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designer of 9mm parabellum cartridges

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George Luger

24
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manufacturer of firearms which was managed by Edmond Heckler together with Mauser, Theodore Koch And Alex Siedel

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Heckler and Koch

25
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discovered in 1832 that nitric acid, when combined with starch or wood fibers would produce a lightweight combustible explosive material which he named xyloidine

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Henri Bracannot

26
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manufacturer of pocket pistols

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Henry Derringer

27
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inventor of Maxim machine gun. He patented first commercially produced supressor

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

28
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produced the best double action weapon in the world

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Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson

29
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developed the weaver stance

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Jack Weaver

30
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From London, he invented the puckle gun

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James Puckle

31
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maker of model 1855 rifled-musket and ripley rifles

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James Wolfe Ripley

32
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served as first international practical shooting confederation president

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Jeff Cooper

33
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invented Hammerli weapons in Switzerland

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Johann Ulrich Hammerli

34
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Invented the grand rifle in 1931, the first reloading rifle in the world

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John Cantius Garand

35
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German armorer and gunsmith amd inventor-manufacturer of lever action rifles

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John Malon Martin

36
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Produces single shot rifles which were adopted by Winchester

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John Moises Browning

37
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invented the Thompson machine gun in 1920

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John Thompson

38
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Army officer and gun designer. His first design was produced by Kayoba factory in 1904

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Kijiro Nambu

39
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Australian engineer who invented the military tank in 1912

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Lance de Mole

40
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Russian gun designer, later employed in the Red Army and developed tanks and rifles

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Melvin M. Johnson

41
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Initiated the building of Winchester company

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Oliver F. Winchester

42
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maker of high quality Cal. 22, sporting rifles and pump action shotguns

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Oscar Mossberge

43
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Officer of British army who made demonstration before the king of Great Britain

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Patrick Ferguson

44
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invented mauser pistols and rifles. They also produced the first metal cartridge weapon of the German Empira

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Paul and Wilhelm Mauser

45
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Hand-wranked and Duver Gatling type of machine gun

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RJ Gatling

46
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English Monk and scientist, credited with the invention of gunpowder. Official name is Constantine Anklitzen

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Roger Bacon

47
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revolvers and later on pistols. Born July 1814.

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Samuel Colt

48
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the standard service of the Swiss government

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Schweizerische Industria Gesselschaft

49
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officer of Russian army who designed the russian service rifle in 1891

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Sergei Mossin

50
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founder of medico legal faculty at Cairo University

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Sydney Smith

51
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explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates. Mojor inspiration of Alfred Nobel and Ascanio Sobrero

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Theopile-JUles Pelouze

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