Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (born March 4, 1833 in Mutzig , France , † February 5, 1905 in Gagny , France) was a French inventor .
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot was a worker in the Saint-Thomas arms factory in Paris . In 1858 he became a civil servant there and in 1863 presented the French War Ministry with a model of a rear- loading rifle , initially with a percussion fuse , without a unit cartridge , and later a replica of a needle gun by Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse with a unit cartridge . Only after the success of the Prussian needle rifle in 1866 had demonstrated the superiority of the breech-loading rifle , his Chassepot rifle was introduced as a weapon for the French infantry and light cavalry under the official name fusil modèle in 1866 . Until 1870, the rifles were manufactured in the arms factory in the former prince-bishop's palace, the Château des Rohan , in his hometown.
Antoine Alphonse Chassepot was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor , plus 30,000 francs in prize money.
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| SURNAME | Chassepot, Antoine Alphonse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French inventor and weapon designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mutzig , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1905 |
| Place of death | Gagny , France |