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Charles Gabriel Petter (born 26 March 1880 in Lavey-Morcles – 7 July 1953 in Montreux) was a Swiss firearms designer.
Charles Petter studied mechanical engineering in Bern and was a lieutenant in the infantry of the Swiss Army. He became an employee of Krupp in Essen. During World War I he served in the French Foreign Legion, where he obtained French citizenship and the rank of captain. After that, he was director of the French branch of the Belgian company Armes Automatiques Lewis and consultant of the Société de Constructions Alsacienne Mécaniques in Cholet.
His French patent 782 914 (CH 185,452, U.S. 2,139,203) was acquired in 1937 by SIG and used for the SIG P210 pistol. The Browning-Petter system or Browning-Petter-SIG-system of breechblocks goes back to John Browning and Charles Petter.
Petter Charles was married twice, since 1909 with Louise Marguerite Paule Charavet and since 1926 with Xenia Schegloff. His second marriage produced two daughters, Elizabeth and Hélène.
Categories:- Firearm designers
- Swiss mechanical engineers
- People from Vaud
- Swiss military personnel
- People of World War I
- Officers of the French Foreign Legion
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
- Légion d'honneur recipients
- 1880 births
- 1953 deaths
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