caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
antoine alphonse chassepot 05 february 1905 alsace mutzig , france antoine alphonse chassepot 04 march 1833 antoine alphonse chassepot.png antoine alphonse chassepot
 antoine alphonse chassepot inventor
antoine alphonse chassepot

antoine alphonse chassepot -lrb- 1833 -- 1905 -rrb- 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 .
