Józef Maroszek (engineer)
Józef Maroszek | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13 or July 13, 1904 |
| Died | January 6, 1985 (age 80) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | Warsaw University of Technology |
| Awards | Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Merit, Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland, Honorary Badge "Meritorious for Warmia and Mazury", Gold Badge of the Polish Teachers' Union |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mechanical engineering, technical sciences |
Józef Maroszek (born 1904 in Boglewice, died 6 January 1985 in Warsaw) was a Polish engineer, designer of weapons and mechanical devices. He was professionally affiliated for most of his career with the Warsaw University of Technology and the Military Institute of Armament Technology.
Maroszek was the creator of designs such as the Kbsp wz. 38M and the wz. 35 anti-tank rifle, among the most advanced weapons in the Polish Army's arsenal before World War II.
After the war, he spent several decades as an academic lecturer at the Faculty of Mechanical Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology and served as the head of the "C" Machine Parts Department.