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George J. Hyde Sr. (born "Heide") was a German-born American machinist, gunsmith and gun designer best known for his submachine guns. He was born in Arpfingen, Germany on January 4, 1888. Already a skilled machinist, he emigrated to the United States in 1927. His family followed, the next year. Before 1935 George J. Hyde was a machinist and shop foreman at Griffin & Howe.〔http://www.griffinhowe.com/〕 He quit Griffin & Howe and went on to become the co-owner of Leonard & Hyde in New York. He partnered with Samuel A. "Harry" Leonard, an expert shotgun and rifle stock maker, who had trained at James Purdey & Sons of London. Hyde also did contract gunsmithing work for Roberts and Kimball in Woburn, Massachusetts. (The latter was an early semi-custom maker of rifles chambered in .257 Roberts.) ==Hyde's gun designs== Hyde was the chief gun designer for the Inland Division of General Motors (GM) during World War II. He also did gun design work for Bendix Aviation Corporation. Among others, he was the designer or co-designer of these guns: * The Hyde Model 33, a prototype submachinegun.〔The World's Submachine Guns, Volume 1, by Thomas B. Nelson, Pages 70-72.〕 * The Hyde Model 35, a prototype submachinegun.〔 A patent was issued to Hyde for this model on August 4, 1936. * The M2 Hyde submachinegun.〔Canfield, Bruce N. ''American Rifleman'' (August 2008) p. 52〕 * The M3 grease gun submachinegun.〔Iannamico, Frank, ''The U.S. M3-3A1 Submachine Gun'', Moose Lake Publishing, ISBN 0-9701954-4-3, ISBN 978-0-9701954-4-9 (1999)〕〔http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/ever-vigilant/case-66-a-war-in-korea/us-general-motors-guide-lamp-division-(detroit,-mi)-m3-submachine-gun.aspx〕 About 700,000 were produced at a unit cost of around $20 each. * The FP-45 Liberator pistol.〔Bruce N. Canfield "Desperate Times: The Liberator Pistol" ''American Rifleman'' August 2012 pp.48-51&83-84〕〔http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-liberator-pistol/〕〔http://www.liberatorpistolbook.com/ ''The Liberator Pistol'', by Ralph Hagan 〕 About 1,000,000 were produced at a unit cost of $2.10 each. * The Bendix Hyde carbine.〔http://www.forgottenweapons.com/light-rifle-program/hyde-carbine/〕 (A prototype he designed for Bendix Aviation Corporation that never went into production.)〔http://www.scribd.com/doc/48279669/Ordnance-Department-Procurement〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Hyde (gun designer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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