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August Coenders
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August Coenders (1890 — 1974)[1] was a German engineer working for Stahlwerke Becker AG during World War I, where he built a 20 mm antiaircraft gun.[2] In the 1930s, he worked for several years in the UK, and in Putaux, France[1] as well as at Oerlikon, Switzerland.[3] In 1936 Hermann Röchling brought him to Wetzlar, Germany, where he worked at Röchling'sche Eisen und Stahlwerke GmbH during World War II .
Cönders designed the Röchling shell that was tested in 1942 and 1943 against the Belgian Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau and the V-3 cannon.[4][5] Very little is known of his life after the V-3 project.[6]
He was involved in the development of several firearm designs: submachine gun, machine gun, Röchling Volksgewehr and Volkssturmkarabiner.[3][7]
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