Eugene Stoner
publication date: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)
category: Inventions
clue: The Vietnam War wouldn't exactly have been fought with sticks and stones if this gun designer's weapons hadn't existed, but he did lift a burden from the soldiers all the same.
explanation: Stoner ("stones") was a gun designer who invented the AR-15 rifle, adapted by the military as the M16 widely used in the Vietnam War for being lightweight and easy to carry. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Jesse King
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