August Coenders

August Cönders was a German engineer working for Röchling'sche Eisen und Stahlwerke GmbH during World War II.

He designed the Röchling Shell that was tested in 1942 and 1943 against the Belgian Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau and the V-3 cannon.[1][2] Nothing is known of his life after the V-3 project.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Les étranges obus du fort de Neufchâteau (in French)
  2. ↑ War and Games. "V 3 – THE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP GUN". Archived from the original on July 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  3. ↑ Ley, Willy (June 1968). "Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 72–78.
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