Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 119 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 4,1833 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Mutzig |
| France | |
| Date of died | February 5,1905 |
| Died | Gagny |
| France | |
| Job | Engineer |
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| ID | 1487499 |
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot Life story
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot 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.