August Coenders Explained

August Coenders
Birth Date:1890
Death Date:1974
Occupation: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 as well as at Oerlikon, Switzerland. In 1936 Hermann Röchling brought him to Wetlzlar, Germany, where he worked at Röchling'sche Eisen und Stahlwerke GmbH during World War II .

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

He was involved in the development of several firearm designs: submachine gun, machine gun, Röchling Volksgewehr and Volkssturmkarabiner.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Geckeler, Alexander . Die Waffen von Heinrich von Wimmersperg. Eine biographisch-zeitgeschichtliche Dokumentation über den selbständigen Waffen-Konstrukteur (1900 - 1985) . 2023 . 9783750441484 . 149 . BoD – Books on Demand . de.
  2. Book: Williams . Anthony G.. Dr. Emmanuel . Gustin . Flying Guns World War I, Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammunition and Installations 1914–32 . Airlife Publishing . Ramsbury . 2003 . 1st . 89–90 . 1-84037-396-2.
  3. Web site: Les étranges obus du fort de Neufchâteau (suite) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326104616/http://derelicta.pagesperso-orange.fr/aubin3.htm . 2012-03-26 . fr.
  4. Web site: War and Games . V 3 – THE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP GUN . 2009-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090723072338/http://warandgame.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/v-3-the-high-pressure-pump-gun/ . July 23, 2009 .
  5. Ley . Willy . June 1968 . Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler . For Your Information . Galaxy Science Fiction . 72–78 .
  6. Book: Weaver, Darrin W. . Desperate Measures: The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazi Volkssturm . Collector Grade Publications . 2005 . 0-88935-372-7 . Cobourg . 245–254.
  7. Web site: Hrachya . H . 2017-11-14 . Forgotten Firearms of August Coenders . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171117145518/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/11/14/forgotten-firearms-august-coenders . 2017-11-17 . 2024-05-26 . The Firearm Blog . en-US.

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