Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin (1791–1882) was a
French Army
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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.
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19th-century French inventors
French generals
1791 births
1882 deaths
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