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Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905) was a French inventor and gunsmith. Born in 1833 in the town of Mutzig in Alsace, he is best known for inventing the breech-loading, center-fire needle gun rifle named after him: the Chassepot. Officially known as the Fusil modèle 1866, the rifle was adopted by the French army in 1866, for which Chassepot received the Cross of the Légion d'honneur and a gratuity of 30,000 francs.




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• Antoine Alphonse Chassepot
• Chassepot
• Needle gun
• List of French inventions and discoveries
• 1833 in France
• 1905 in France
• Château des Rohan (Mutzig)
• Franco-Prussian War
• List of French marquesses
• Amiens