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[[Order of Joanus|Knight]] '''Adolf Hugo Meissler''' <small> [[Order of Joanus|CC]] [[Order of the Kestrel|OC]]</small> (July 19, 1899 – February 2, 1981) was a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] military officer and self-taught small arms designer. Fascinated with toggle-lock design, of the more than 50 weapons Meissler personally designed, he is best known for his [[MM-26]] submachine gun, [[PM-30]] pistol and [[FA-36]] heavy anti-tank rifle both of which saw extensive and succesful employment with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] and abroad. Meissler served 45 years with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], 23 of which were as an officer of the [[Army Procurement Command (Yonderre)|Army Procurement Command]]. Meissler retired from the YDF aged 62 in 1961 as a Major General and lived out his remaining life in [[Toubourg]] authoring a number of books on small arms design and mechanical engineering.