Piotr Wilniewczyc
Piotr Wilniewczyc | |
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| Born | 31 January 1887 |
| Died | 23 December 1960 (aged 73) |
Piotr Wilniewczyc (1887–1960) was a Polish engineer and arms designer. Among his most successful designs were the
Mors submachine gun.[1]
Biography
Piotr Wilniewczyc was born on 31 January 1887 near
Lwów Polytechnic
department of chemistry. In 1915 Wilniewczyc also graduated from artillery school in St. Petersburg.
In 1921 he accepted employment at the Boryszew Gunpowder Factory near
State Arms Factories (Państwowe Wytwórnie Uzbrojenia), holding this post until war broke out in September 1939.[2]
His most successful project was the
Rak wz. 63
submachine gun, completed after his death.
During the war, Wilniewczyc worked with the
Łódź Polytechnic. From 1948 he also worked at the reopened Warsaw Polytechnic
.
Wilniewczyc died on 23 December 1960 and was interred at Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery.
References
- ISBN 978-1-85109-470-7.
- OCLC 28565725.
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