Basile grass
Basile Gras (* 1836 in St. Amans de Pellaga , † April 15, 1901 in Auxerre ) was a French general .
Gras became a lieutenant in 1858 and rose to Général de division and governor of Lyon until 1894 . He was a professor at the shooting school in Chalons and developed a rifle there.
Gras constructed an infantry rifle in 1874, known as the Gras Model 1874, which was introduced into the French Army and used until the multi-loader was taken over in 1886. The Greek army used the single grass loader until the beginning of the 20th century.
literature
- Wolfgang Finze and Joachim Görtz, Foreign Rifles in German Service , 1914–1918, Rostock-Munich 2002
- Chassepot-Gras-Lebel , Collected publications on French infantry armament 1866 - 1886. Zurich 1980
- John Walter, Rifles of the World , Krause Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-0-89689-241-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie-Odile Mergnac, Les noms de famille en France: histoire et anecdotes , Archives & culture, 2000, page 201, ISBN 978-2-911665-44-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grass, basile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Amans de Pellaga |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1901 |
| Place of death | Auxerre |