| 词条 | George Hyde (gun designer) |
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| name = George Hyde | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1888|1|4}} | death_date = December, 1963 | birth_place = Arpfingen, Germany | death_place = Brooklyn, New York, United States | occupation = Machinist, gunsmith and gun designer | nationality = American | known_for = Designing the M3 grease gun, designing the FP-45 Liberator pistol }} George J. Hyde Sr. (born Heide; January 4, 1888 – December 1963) was a German-born American machinist, gunsmith and gun designer best known for his submachine guns. He was born in Apfingen, Germany. Already a skilled machinist, he emigrated to the United States in 1927. His family followed the next year. Before 1935 George J. Hyde was a machinist and shop foreman at Griffin & Howe.[1] He quit Griffin & Howe and went on to become the co-owner of Leonard & Hyde in New York. He partnered with Samuel A. "Harry" Leonard, an expert shotgun and rifle stock maker, who had trained at James Purdey & Sons of London. Hyde also did contract gunsmithing work for Roberts and Kimball in Woburn, Massachusetts. (The latter was an early semi-custom maker of rifles chambered in .257 Roberts.) Hyde's gun designsHyde was the chief gun designer for the Inland Division of General Motors (GM) during World War II. He also did gun design work for Bendix Aviation Corporation. Among others, he was the designer or co-designer of these guns:
Personal lifeHyde was married in Germany about 1917, to German-born Margaretta ("Greta") Levy (1895–1985). Their first child was George J. Hyde Jr., born 9 March 1918 in Germany. He died in 1999 in Florida. They also had a daughter, Giselle, born about 1924 in Germany. George Sr. died in Brooklyn New York in December 1963. References1. ^http://www.griffinhowe.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, George J.}}2. ^1 The World's Submachine Guns, Volume 1, by Thomas B. Nelson, Pages 70-72. 3. ^Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (August 2008) p. 52 4. ^Iannamico, Frank, The U.S. M3-3A1 Submachine Gun, Moose Lake Publishing, {{ISBN|0-9701954-4-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-9701954-4-9}} (1999) 5. ^http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/ever-vigilant/case-66-a-war-in-korea/us-general-motors-guide-lamp-division-(detroit,-mi)-m3-submachine-gun.aspx 6. ^Bruce N. Canfield "Desperate Times: The Liberator Pistol" American Rifleman August 2012 pp.48-51&83-84 7. ^http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-liberator-pistol/ 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.liberatorpistolbook.com/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208205722/http://www.liberatorpistolbook.com/ |archivedate=2012-12-08 |df= }} The Liberator Pistol, by Ralph Hagan 9. ^http://www.forgottenweapons.com/light-rifle-program/hyde-carbine/ 10. ^https://www.scribd.com/doc/48279669/Ordnance-Department-Procurement 6 : 1888 births|German emigrants to the United States|Weapons scientists and engineers|Firearm designers|1963 deaths|20th-century American inventors |
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