Charles Petter

Charles Petter
Born(1880-03-26)March 26, 1880
Lavey-Morcles, Switzerland
DiedJuly 7, 1953(1953-07-07) (aged 73)
Montreux, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss, French
OccupationEngineer
Known forFrench Model 1935A pistol

Charles Gabriel Petter (26 March 1880 – 7 July 1953) was a Swiss firearms designer. He is best known as the designer of the Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A (also known as the Modèle 1935A, French Model 1935A, or M1935A). He also designed a submachine gun that was patented[1] and formally adopted into French service in 1939, but never produced.[2]

  1. ^ FR 825921A 
  2. ^ "MAS 1938 Submachine Gun". 3 November 2010.