August_Cönders

August Coenders

August Coenders

German engineer

August Coenders (1890 — 1974)[1] was a German engineer working for Stahlwerke Becker AG during World War I, where he built a 20 mm antiaircraft gun.[2] In the 1930s, he worked for several years in the UK, and in Putaux, France[1] as well as at Oerlikon, Switzerland.[3] In 1936 Hermann Röchling brought him to Wetlzlar, Germany, where he worked at Röchling'sche Eisen und Stahlwerke GmbH during World War II .

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Cönders designed the Röchling shell that was tested in 1942 and 1943 against the Belgian Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau and the V-3 cannon.[4][5] Very little is known of his life after the V-3 project.[6]

He was involved in the development of several firearm designs: machine guns, Röchling Volksgewehr and Volkssturmkarabiner.[3][7]

References

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    Geckeler, Alexander (2023). Die Waffen von Heinrich von Wimmersperg. Eine biographisch-zeitgeschichtliche Dokumentation über den selbständigen Waffen-Konstrukteur (1900 - 1985) (in German). p. 149. ISBN 9783750441484.
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    Williams, Anthony G.; Gustin, Dr. Emmanuel (2003). Flying Guns World War I, Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammunition and Installations 1914–32 (1st ed.). Ramsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 89–90. ISBN 1-84037-396-2.
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    Weaver, W. Darrin (2005). Desperate Measures: The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazi Volkssturm. Cobourg: Collector Grade Publications. pp. 245–254. ISBN 0-88935-372-7.
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    "Les étranges obus du fort de Neufchâteau (suite)" (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-03-26.
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    War and Games. "V 3 – THE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP GUN". Archived from the original on July 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
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    Ley, Willy (June 1968). "Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 72–78.
  7. [7]
    Hrachya, H (2017-11-14). "Forgotten Firearms of August Coenders". The Firearm Blog. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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