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Claude-Etienne Minié (February 13, 1804; Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 - December 14, 1879; Paris) was a French Army officer famous for solving the problem of designing a reliable muzzle-loading rifle by inventing the Minié ball
Minié ball

The Mini? ball is a type of muzzleloader rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Mini?, inventor of the Mini? rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
 in 1847, and the Minié rifle
Minié rifle

The Mini? rifle was an important rifle in the 19th century, developed in 1849 following the invention of the Mini? ball in 1847 by the France Army captains Claude Etienne Mini? of the Chasseurs d'Orl?ans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne....
 in 1849. He succeeded the pioneering work of Henri-Gustave Delvigne
Henri-Gustave Delvigne

Henri-Gustave Delvigne was a French people soldier and inventor, born in Hamburg. He became a captain in the French infantry service, from which he resigned on the outbreak of the 1830 July Revolution....
 and Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin
Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin

Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin was a French Army Colonel. He invented the Carabine ? tige , based on a method by which muzzle-loading rifles could be easily and effectively loaded....
.

Minié served in a number of African campaigns with the Chasseurs, after which he was eventually promoted to captain.






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Claude-Etienne Minié (February 13, 1804; Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 - December 14, 1879; Paris) was a French Army officer famous for solving the problem of designing a reliable muzzle-loading rifle by inventing the Minié ball
Minié ball

The Mini? ball is a type of muzzleloader rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Mini?, inventor of the Mini? rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
 in 1847, and the Minié rifle
Minié rifle

The Mini? rifle was an important rifle in the 19th century, developed in 1849 following the invention of the Mini? ball in 1847 by the France Army captains Claude Etienne Mini? of the Chasseurs d'Orl?ans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne....
 in 1849. He succeeded the pioneering work of Henri-Gustave Delvigne
Henri-Gustave Delvigne

Henri-Gustave Delvigne was a French people soldier and inventor, born in Hamburg. He became a captain in the French infantry service, from which he resigned on the outbreak of the 1830 July Revolution....
 and Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin
Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin

Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin was a French Army Colonel. He invented the Carabine ? tige , based on a method by which muzzle-loading rifles could be easily and effectively loaded....
.

Minié served in a number of African campaigns with the Chasseurs, after which he was eventually promoted to captain. In 1849 he designed the Minié ball, a cylindrical bullet with a conical point. This projectile, combined with his rifle, resulted in a major improvement in firearm accuracy.

The French government rewarded Minié with some 20,000 francs and installed him as a member of the staff at the Vincennes military school. In 1858 he retired from the French Army
French Army

The French Army, officially the Arm?e de Terre , is the Army component of the Military of France and its largest. As of 2007, the army employs 134,000 regular soldiers, 15,500 reservists, and 25,750 civilians....
 with the rank of colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
, and later served as a military instructor for the khedive
Khedive

Khedive was a title first used by Muhammad Ali of Egypt as governor and monarch of Egypt and Sudan, and subsequently by his dynastic successors....
 of Egypt
Egypt

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 and as a manager at the Remington Arms Company in the United States
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