Armand Mieg

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Armand Mieg (partly also Armand von Mieg ; * December 20, 1834 in Ulm , † March 11, 1917 in Ahrweiler ) was a Bavarian officer and weapons designer.

Life

family

Mieg was the son of a Wuerttemberg lieutenant and came from a widespread Mieg family originally from Strasbourg . His great-grandfather was the abbot and general superintendent of Maulbronn Johann Christoph Ludwig Mieg , his mother Auguste, geb. von Baldinger, comes from the Baldinger patrician family in Ulm . In 1869 he married Luise Wernz, with whom he had five children. His daughter Helene married the Pasing painter Karl Orth .

Military career

After graduating from a humanistic grammar school , Mieg joined the 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August von Sachsen" of the Bavarian Army in Neuburg an der Donau in 1853 . In 1858 he became an officer aspirant and, with his appointment as second lieutenant, was transferred to the 7th Infantry Regiment "Prince Leopold" the following year . Here Mieg served as a battalion adjutant from 1863 and took part in the war against Prussia in 1866 . In the same year he was also promoted to first lieutenant . As such, Mieg attended the War Academy from 1868 . However, his training was interrupted by the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War . During the fighting, Mieg took part in the siege of Paris . After the end of the war, he continued his training at the War Academy and graduated with the commendation “Outstanding Achievement”. In 1872 Mieg was promoted to captain and used as a company commander in the 14th Infantry Regiment "Hartmann" . In the following year he was transferred to the military shooting school in Augsburg and in 1878 he was promoted to major . In 1879 Mieg was transferred to the 7th Infantry Regiment "Prince Leopold" as a staff officer. He last worked here as battalion commander, was put up for disposition in 1880 and finally adopted in 1894.

His theories on the use of infantry rifles , about jacketed bullets , on tungsten as a floor material about gun locks and small-caliber rifles had previously made it in almost all armies to a new orientation. His contribution to the construction of the German infantry rifle in 1888, especially the barrel jacket, earned him a gratuity from the Prussian War Ministry in 1889 .

Mieg was accidentally shot by a fellow hunter while on a hunting trip on March 10, 1917 and died of serious injuries the following day.

Works

  • The use of the M / 71 infantry rifle and instructions for estimating distances . Berlin (1877)
  • Theoretical external ballistics together with instructions for the practical determination of the flight path elements . Berlin (1884)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Fuchs:  Mieg (family). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 467-469 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b Karl Banzhaf: The Mieg's and their sex: A genealogy and chronicle book . Ungerer, Endersbach 1925, p. 162 or 177 .
personal data
SURNAME Mieg, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer and weapons designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1917
Place of death Ahrweiler