Werner Gruner

Werner Gruner
Born(1904-06-07)June 7, 1904
Zschadraß, German Empire (since 2011 a district of Colditz)[1]
DiedJune 29, 1995(1995-06-29) (aged 91)
Dresden, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)engineer (before 1945 small arms, later agricultural machinery), university teacher
Known fordesigning the MG 42

Werner Gruner (1904–1995) was a small-arms designer, mechanical engineer, university teacher and was rector of the Dresden University of Technology from 1958 to 1961.[2]

  1. ^ "Eintrag "Gruner, Werner" in Munzinger Online/Personen - Internationales Biographisches Archiv" [Entry "Gruner, Werner" in Munzinger Online/People - International Biographical Archive]. www.munzinger.de (in German). Munzinger-Archiv GmbH. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  2. ^ "Principals, directors and rectors from the Technical Educational Institution to the Technical University of Dresden". TU Dresden. Retrieved 2023-11-01.