Nationality Prussia Occupation firearms designer | Name Andreas Schwarzlose Died 1936 | |
Full Name Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose Known for Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 machine gun | ||
Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose (31 July, 1867–1936) was a German (originally Prussian) firearm designer who is best known for designing a blowback-operated machine gun.
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Early life
Schwarzlose was bom in the Berlin suburb of Charlottenburg, and served as an artilleryman and armorer in the Austro-Hungarian army. He graduated from the National Ordnance College and designed his first pistol in 1892, although it never saw production. In 1897, he opened an arms factory in Berlin which he operated until 1919 when it was shut down by the Allied Disarmament Commission.
After the closing of his factory he worked as a firearms consultant until his death in 1936.
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