Basile Gras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Basile Gras

French military person and politician

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1836

Place of Birth: Saint-Amans-de-Pellagal, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1901

Profession: military personnel, engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Basile Gras

  • General Basile Gras (2 January 1836 – 14 April 1901) created the Gras rifle for the French Army in 1874 by converting the Mle 1866 Chassepot rifle to fire metallic cartridges.
  • Gras, who was a colonel at the time, played a very important role in the formulation and industrial production of the Lebel rifle.
  • He was an alumnus of Ecole Polytechnique, then a shooting instructor at l'École Normale de Tir at Châlons.
  • Eventually he supervised the three weapon manufacturing facilities at St Etienne, Châtellerault and Tulle.
  • Finally he became Secretary of War for France.

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