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| − | |summary= Eugene Morrison Stoner passed away on this day in 1997 at the age of 74. The man most associated with the design of the [[AR-15]], which was adopted by the US military as the [[M16]], is regarded by most historians, along with John Browning and John Garand, as one of the United States’ most successful military firearms designers of the 20th century.
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| − | He is also, along with the Soviet designer [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]], considered by some historians as one of the two men whose work most shaped the events of the last half of the 20th century.
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| − | The prolific designer of rifles began work in the aircraft industry before taking his expertise, along with plenty of new notions about engineering and alloys, to [[ArmaLite]] where his career in firearms design really took off.
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| | ! style="background:#9BCD9B; border:1px solid green"| <div style="float:right"><small><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[April 24|more]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small></div>What else happened today | | ! style="background:#9BCD9B; border:1px solid green"| <div style="float:right"><small><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[April 24|more]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small></div>What else happened today |
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 21 April 2013
Featured Article
April 24/Article of the day
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- 1918 — The first ever tank-to-tank combat occurs at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
- 1997 — Eugene Morrison Stoner passed away at the age of 74.
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[edit] Today in pictures
1943: 81mm Mortar crew in action at Camp Carson, Colorado.
[edit] Picture of the day
April 24/Picture of the day
