Personalities Flashcards
Father of Percussion/ Ignition
Alexander John Forsyth
Great heights “Dynamite”
Alfred Bemhard Nobel
(October 12, 1812- May 26, 1888)
Italian chemist, Born in Casale,monferrato
Studying under Theophile- Jules Pelouze- studied NITROGLYCERIN- at University of Turin
Explosive Material Guncotton
Ascanio Sobrero
Sound ballisitcs theories- New Principle of Gunnery 1742
Benjamin Robins
German monk
Propelling missile
1346-Canons- King Edward III of England
1453-Canon- Mohammed of Turkey- conquering constantinopole
Berthold Schwartz (1300)
Reliable small caliber automatic Pistol 1866
Carl Walter
Chicago Illinois
First commercial bulletproof vest late 1800s
1538- First bulletproof vest designed when FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE
Asked FILLIPPO NEGROLI to create one
MAXIMILLIAN II- Roman Emperor first to test it.
Casimir Zeglen
Armalite 1950
Charles Dorcester and George Sullivan
German-Swiss chemist
1838 invented FUEL CELL
Discover guncotton and ozone
Christian Friedrich Schonbein
(18 October 1799- 29 August 1868)
1882- first pump-action shotgun
1900- JOHN BROWNING- created first AUTOLOADING shotgun
1988- O.F MOSSBERG and SONS- developed FIRST SHOTGUN CHAMBERED
-fire 3-5 inch 12 gauge cartridges.
Christopher Spencer
Father of Modern Ballistics
Col. Calvin H. Goddard
Maker of Carbine rifle
David “Carbine” Williams
One of the first rifle makers
Eliphalet Remington
Designed machinery of making COLT firearms
Elisha King Root
developed AR15/ M16 rifle
Eugene Stoner
Service pistol of Soviet Forces
Award- HERO OF SOCIALIST LABOR
1871(Born) Egorlikskaya, Russia
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev
Designed 9mm Parabellum cartridges
1849 (born) AUSTRIA
George Luger
Manufacturer of firearms managed by Edmond Heckler, together with MAUSER, Theodore Koch and Alex Seidel
Heckler and Koch
Discovered in 1832 that Nitric acid+ starch+ wood Fiber= Light Weight Combustible explosive material
XYLOIDINE
Henri Braconnot
Pocket Pistols
Born in the 19th Century
Henry Derringer