Pál Király
Pál Király | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 1965 |
| Nationality | Hungary |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and weapons designer |
Pál Király (1880–1965) was a Hungarian engineer and weapons designer.
Work & designs
He is best known for development of lever-delayed blowback firearms. He designed the Danuvia 39M and improved it into the Danuvia 43M submachine gun. After he moved to the Dominican republic, he designed the .30 Kiraly-Cristobal carbine, which was essentially a copy of his earlier work, specifically the 44M (an improved 43M). He made two more Cristobal carbine versions, the delayed blowback M2 in .30 Carbine and the gas-operated M3 in 7.62×51mm NATO. He patented the latter in 1961 as a competitor to the Belgian FN FAL.[1]
Personal life
He moved to the Dominican Republic as an expatriate in 1948.
References
- ^ Sunblest.net, Kiraly-Cristobal Submachine Guns & Machine Pistols