August Coenders

August Cönders was a German engineer working for Röchling'sche Eisen und Stahlwerke GmbH during World War II after having worked in the UK and in Putaux, France, before the war.

Cönders 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] Very little is known of his life after the V-3 project.^[3]

He was involved in the development of several machine gun designs^[4] and Röchling Volksgewehr and Volkssturmkarabiner^[5].

References[edit]

^ Les étranges obus du fort de Neufchâteau (in French)
^ War and Games. "V 3 – THE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP GUN". Archived from the original on July 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
^ Ley, Willy (June 1968). "Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 72–78.
^ McCollum, Ian (2018-10-31). August Coenders' 9x19mm Belt-Fed MG. Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via YouTube.
^ Weaver, W. Darrin (2005). Desperate Measures: The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazi Volkssturm. Cobourg: Collector Grade Publications. pp. 245–254. ISBN 0-88935-372-7.

[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.

[ley196806-3] Ley, Willy (June 1968). "Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 72–78.

[4] McCollum, Ian (2018-10-31). August Coenders' 9x19mm Belt-Fed MG. Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via YouTube.

[5] Weaver, W. Darrin (2005). Desperate Measures: The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazi Volkssturm. Cobourg: Collector Grade Publications. pp. 245–254. ISBN 0-88935-372-7.

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