Eugene Morrison Stoner (Born November 22, 1922 in Gosport, Indiana; died April 24, 1997 (aged 74) in Palm City, Florida) is the man most associated with the design of the AR-15, which was adopted by the military as the M16. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gosport is a town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Palm City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Martin County, Florida, United States. AR-15 (for Ar malite model 15, often mistaken for A utomatic R ifle is the common name for the widely-owned semi-automatic M16 (more formally United States Rifle II Caliber 556 mm M16) is the U He is regarded by most historians, along with John Browning and John Garand, as one of the United States’ most successful military firearms designers of the 20th century. John Moses Browning ( January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) born in Ogden Utah, was an American John Cantius Garand ( January 1, 1888 &ndash February 16, 1974) was a designer of Firearms best known for creating the first successful
Eugene Stoner attended high school in Long Beach and afterwards worked for the Vega Aircraft Company installing armament. The Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II. During World War II, he enlisted for Aviation Ordnance in the Marines and served in the South Pacific and northern China. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Pacific Ocean Areas was the major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
In late 1945 he began working in the machine shop for Whittaker, an aircraft equipment company, and ultimately became a Design Engineer. Conventional Machining, one of the most important material removal methods is a collection of material-working processes in which power-driven Machine tools, such as lathes In 1954 he came to work as chief engineer for ArmaLite, a division of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation. ArmaLite, originally the ArmaLite Division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, is a Small arms manufacturing company While at ArmaLite, he designed a series of prototype small arms, including the AR-3, AR-9, AR-11, AR-12, none of which saw significant production. Their only real success during this period was the AR-7 survival rifle, which was adopted by the United States Air Force. The ArmaLite AR-7, designed by Eugene Stoner, is the civilian-commercial version of a rifle adopted by the US Air Force as a pilot and Aircrew survival
In 1955, Stoner completed initial design work on the revolutionary AR-10, a lightweight (7. The AR-10 is an American 762 mm Battle rifle developed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s at Armalite, then a division 25 lbs. ) selective-fire infantry rifle in 7.62 x 51 mm NATO caliber. The 762x51mm NATO is a Rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard firearm cartridge among NATO countries The AR-10 was submitted for rifle evaluation trials to the US Army’s Springfield Armory late in 1956. In comparison with competing rifle designs previously submitted for evaluation, the AR-10 was smaller, easier to fire in automatic, and much lighter. However it arrived very late in the testing cycle, and the army rejected the AR-10 in favor of the more conventional T44, which would become the M14. The AR-10's design was later licensed to the Dutch firm of Artillerie Inrichtingen, who produced the AR-10 until 1960 for sale to various foreign military forces.
At the request of the U. S. military, Stoner's chief assistant, Robert Fremont and drafter L. A technical drawing is a form of graphic communication This type of Drawing is used in the transforming of an idea into physical form James Sullivan designed the AR-15 from the basic AR-10 design, scaling it down to fire the small-caliber .223 Remington cartridge. AR-15 (for Ar malite model 15, often mistaken for A utomatic R ifle is the common name for the widely-owned semi-automatic After a lengthy and often rancorous debate, the AR-15 was later adopted by United States military forces as the M16 rifle. M16 (more formally United States Rifle II Caliber 556 mm M16) is the U
Stoner, stung by reliability complaints due to the AR-10 and AR-15's direct impingement gas operation, turned his attention to the AR-16 design. The AR-18 is an Assault rifle chambered for 556x45mm NATO Ammunition. This was another advanced 7. 62 mm rifle, but using a "traditional" pushrod operation and a number of stamped parts to reduce cost. This weapon saw only prototype development, but after adaptation to . 223, would go on to have some success (and notoriety) as the Armalite AR-18. The AR-18 is an Assault rifle chambered for 556x45mm NATO Ammunition.
Stoner left ArmaLite in 1961 to serve as a consultant for Colt. Colt's Manufacturing Company ( CMC --formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States Firearms manufacturer founded in He eventually accepted a position with Cadillac Gage, where he designed the Stoner 62 Weapons System, a modular weapons system that could be reconfigured to be a standard automatic rifle, a light machine gun, a medium machine gun, or a solenoid-fired fixed machine gun. Textron Marine & Land Systems a military contractor that manufactures Armored vehicles, turrets boats Light tanks and other weapon systems The Stoner 63 is a modular firearm system designed by Eugene Stoner and engineered by Jim Sullivan by scaling down the earlier Stoner 62 Automatic rifle is a term generally used to describe a Self-loading rifle chambered for a rifle cartridge capable of delivering both semi A light machine gun or LMG is a Machine gun that is generally lighter than other machine guns of the same period and is usually designed to be carried A medium machine gun or MMG, in modern terms usually refers to a belt-fed Automatic firearm firing a full-power Rifle cartridge and A solenoid is a three-dimensional Coil. In Physics, the term solenoid refers to a loop of wire often wrapped around a Metallic core which Because ArmaLite had sold Stoner's patent for direct gas operation to Colt, the Stoner Weapons System used a piston-operated gas impingement system, though Stoner himself believed direct gas operation was the ideal method for firearms. Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate Autoloading firearms Once again, Robert Fremont and L. James Sullivan would take a Stoner design and redesign it for the . 223 Remington cartridge, to create the Stoner 63 Weapons System. The Stoner 63 is a modular firearm system designed by Eugene Stoner and engineered by Jim Sullivan by scaling down the earlier Stoner 62
Stoner also did work for TRW by designing the TRW 6425 25 mm Bushmaster auto cannon, which was later manufactured by Oerlikon as the KBA. TRW Incorporated was an American Corporation involved in a number of businesses mostly defense-related but including Automotive, Aerospace and
He co-founded ARES Incorporated of Port Clinton, Ohio, in 1972, but left the company in 1989, after designing the Ares Light Machine Gun, sometimes known as the Stoner 86. ARES Incorporated is weapons manufacturer co-founded by Eugene Stoner in 1971 Port Clinton is a city in and the County seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It was an evolved version of the Stoner 63. At Ares, he also designed the Future Assault Rifle Concept (FARC).
In 1990, he joined Knight's Armament Company (KAC) to create the Stoner Rifle-25 (SR-25), which currently sees military service as the United States Navy Mark 11 Mod 0 Sniper Weapon System. Knight's Armament Company ( KAC, also Knight's Manufacturing Company) is an American Firearms and firearms parts manufacturer For State Route 25 or State Road 25 see List of highways numbered 25. For State Route 25 or State Road 25 see List of highways numbered 25. While at KAC, he also worked on yet another version of the Stoner Weapons System, called the Stoner 96. Among his last designs was the SR-50 rifle.
Weapon designs
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Personal life
Eugene Stoner was married twice, first to Jean Stoner with whom he had two children, Linda and Mike. He divorced her in 1962 and married Barbara Hitt in 1965, with whom he remained married until his death. He was also a private pilot who owned his own aircraft. Eugene Stoner died on April 24, 1997 (aged 74) at his home in Palm City, Florida, from cancer. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Palm City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Martin County, Florida, United States.
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