Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin

Born| 1791 (1791)

France

Died| 1882 (aged 90-91)

France

Nationality| French
Occupation(s)| French Army general, inventor
Known for| Inventor of carabine à tige

Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin (1791–1882) was a French Army 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.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ Gibbon, John (1860). The Artillerist's Manual. D.Van Nostrand. p. 125. "Gibbon rifles."

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