Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin
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Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin (1791–1882) was a
French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Force ...
general. He invented the '' carabine à tige'' ("stem rifle" or "pillar breech rifle"), based on a method by which muzzle-loading rifles could be easily and effectively loaded.


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19th-century French inventors French generals 1791 births 1882 deaths {{France-mil-bio-stub