John Browning
John Moses Browning (
January 21,
1855 -
1926) was an American
firearms designer who developed many varieties of
weapons which were used in the US Military for decades in the 20th Century.
In addition to designing several versions of lever action rifles for the Winchester Firearms company, the weapons he developed included:
The last three weapons saw use in
World War I,
World War II and the
Korean War. The Colt 1911 had the longest period of service from
1911 to
1986, and a variant is still used by spec. ops units of the
USMC and
FBI's
HRT.