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top 10 weapons named after people

 Hello Dear viewers today we will know about the powerful weapons which are named after persons,
So lets start article
 
Big Bertha
Big Bertha was a 144-tonne cannon used by the German army
to shell Paris from a distance of 122 km during World War .
The name came from Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
1886-1957), who inherited the German Krupp armaments
business from her father, Friedrich Alfred Krupp.

Congrave rocket
i.e,1 rocket was named after British inventor Sir William Congreve
1/72-1828). It was used in battles against Napoleon in the early
years of the 19th century

Kalashnlkov
This rmachine gun is named after its inventor, Russian Mikhail
Kalashnikov (1922--). More than 70 million have been made.

Lüger
Gunmaker Georg Lüger (1849-1923) pioneered the P-08 pistol
that bears his name in 1898. It was adopted by the German army
and was widely used during both World Wars.

Mauser
The Mauser bolt-action rifle was developed in 1898 by German
brothers Wilhelm (1834-82) and Peter Paul Mauser (1838-1914).
They also invented an automatic pistol

Mlls genade
This hand genade was designed in 1915 by Wilam Mlls
(856-19323 An estimated 70 milion were used by the Bitsh
during Word Wiar LMils was knihtd in 1922

Molotov cockta
This wes a oule but effective bomb made ith a petrol-filed
bottie and fuse t was gven its name by the Fins in about 1940
whe usedt during the war against Russia They caled ita cocktal
for Molotov Vyacheslav Mahalovich Molotov (1890-1966) was
the Soviet prime minister at the time

Shrapnel
This name was originally g'ven to the exploding shells invented
by British officer Henny Shrapnel (1761-1842) Fragmentsof
bombs are also often called shrapnel

Sten gun
The name comes from the initial lietters of the surnames
of the weapon's inventors, Major Reginald V. Shepherd
and Harold J Turpin, combined with the first two
letters of England (or, according to someauthorities, Enfield), where it was finst made

Tommy gun
The Thompson sub-machine gun was inentedby American army general john Talliaferro
Thompson and US Navy commander
John N Blish. it became known as the Tommy gun and was popular with gangsters during the 1920s.



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