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Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905) 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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x2000, 100 KB) fr: Fusil Chassepot Work by Rama File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chassepot ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x2000, 100 KB) fr: Fusil Chassepot Work by Rama File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chassepot ... The Chassepot, officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871. ... Located at the entrance of the Bruche Valley the town enjoyed certain renown until the French Revolution. ... A breech-loading weapon, usually a gun or cannon, is one where the bullet or shell is inserted, loaded, into the gun at the rear of the barrel, the breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading. ... The Chassepot, officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ...