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Anciens Etablissements Pieper was a Belgian arms manufacturer established under the name Henri Pieper in 
From 1897, the company also produced cars.Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile In 1900, Henri Pieper introduced a
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Anciens Etablissements Pieper was a Belgian arms manufacturer established under the name Henri Pieper in Herstal
Herstal (; ), formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal (), is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. It lies along the Meuse river. Herst ...
, Belgium in 1884 (some sources, 1866), by Henri Pieper. In 1898, it was renamed to Nicolas Pieper, and it became the Anciens Etablissements Pieper in 1905. It stayed in business until approximately 1950. The company used the Bayard trade name
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(after the legendary horse of Renaud de Montauban
Renaud (or Renaut or Renault) de Montauban (Modern ; ; ; or ) was a legendary hero and knight which appeared in a 12th-century Old French known as ''The Four Sons of Aymon''. The four sons of Duke Aymon are Renaud, Richard, Alard and Guiscard, ...
) and manufactured the Bergmann–Bayard pistol
The Bergmann–Bayard was a German-designed recoil operation, recoil operated semi-automatic pistol produced Licenced production, under license in Belgium.
Design
Bergmann Mars
The ''Bergmann Mars'' was produced in 1901, and was the first Bergma ...
and the Bayard 1908 pistol
A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a gun barrel, barrel with an integral chamber (firearms), chamber. The word "pistol" derives from the Middle French ''pistolet'' (), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the Englis ...
. The company is also notable for having produced a small pistol with a tip-up barrel ("basculant") to facilitate loading.
Pieper
From 1897, the company also produced cars.Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile In 1900, Henri Pieper introduced a hybrid vehicle
A hybrid vehicle is one that uses two or more distinct types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged. Other means to store energy include pressurized fluid in hydraulic hybrids.
Hybrid powertrai ...
with an electric motor/generator, batteries, and a small gasoline engine. It used the electric motor to charge its batteries at cruise speed and used both motors to accelerate or climb a hill. The Pieper factory was taken over by Impéria, after Pieper died.
Auto-Mixte, also of Belgium, built vehicles from 1906 to 1912 under the Pieper patents.
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