London: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 1956. This study of firearms analyzes the employment of such weaponry, dated more than 40 years after use in Europe, towards the close of the 1360s.
New York: Arco Publishing, 1969. — 76 p. — ISBN: 0668018631. One of the 'Illustrated Studies in Twentieth Century Arms' Series. Includes small arms, ammunition, machine guns, grenades, support weapons and bayonets.
Crown Publishers, 2012. - 304 p. Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists,...
McFarland & Company, 2018. — 178 p. Symbolic ornamentation inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art is a long-standing Western tradition. The author explores the designs of 18th century English gunsmiths who engraved classical ornamental patterns on firearms gifted or traded to American Indians. A system of allegory is found that symbolized the Americas of the New World in...
Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1990. — 274 p. This is a detailed study of the development of the Russian small arms industry. Humiliated in the Crimean War, Russia turned to the United States for help. Using archival sources, Bradley, author of Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia (Univ. of California Pr., 1985), describes the role of famous...
Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2018. — 65 p. The machine gun is a group of small automatic firearms designed to be hit by bullets of various ground, surface and air targets. The machine gun (in its modern meaning) first appeared at the end of the XIX century by the efforts of Hiram Maxim. Already the first experience of its application showed the high efficiency of this type of...
Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2018. — 65 p. The machine gun is a group of small automatic firearms designed to be hit by bullets of various ground, surface and air targets. The machine gun (in its modern meaning) first appeared at the end of the XIX century by the efforts of Hiram Maxim. Already the first experience of its application showed the high efficiency of this type of...
Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2018. — 65 p. The machine gun is a group of small automatic firearms designed to be hit by bullets of various ground, surface and air targets. The machine gun (in its modern meaning) first appeared at the end of the XIX century by the efforts of Hiram Maxim. Already the first experience of its application showed the high efficiency of this type of...
Hatherleigh: Wessex Military Publishing, 1988. — 26 p. — (The British Soldier in the 20th Century 4). — ISBN: 1870498038. An illustrated series on the wars and campaigns of the British army in the 20th century. This book tells the history of hand-held machine guns and units; contains full-color photographs, drawings and technical illustrations.
Pen and Sword Military, 2009. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84884-047-8. The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War – indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In the process it took on an almost legendary status that...
Česká Zbrojovka. — 19 p. Safety instructions. Firearm description and terminology. Operating instructions . Ammunition. Unfolding the shoulder stock. Folding the shoulder stock. Removing the magazine. Loading the magazine. Loading the gun. Setting the fire mode. Locking the gun. Reloading while firing. Unloading the gun. Adjusting the sights. Adjusting the gun to individual...
Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1970. — 63 pgs. This booklet, Historical Arms Series No. 12, examines the overall structure of the British army in 1774-75, with details on the soldiers, their recruitment, and life in the regiments. A short look at tactics in battle leads into a detailed discussion of the Long Land, Short Land, and India pattern muskets. Markings,...
Berlin: Denckler Verlag, 1942. — 20 s. Die Leuchtpistole und ihr Gebrauch. Beschreibung der Leuchtpistole. Die Handhabung der Leuchtpistole. Reinigung der Leuchtpistole. Die Leucht- und Signalmunition. Instructions for the Walter Leu Pistole 1934 (mod Heer) / LP 34 signal pistol.
Berlin: Reichswehrministerium, 1938. — 30 p. Manual of the Maschinenpistole 18I (1938) made in Germany. Submachine gun was introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World War I (WWI) as the primary weapon of the Sturmtruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat. The MP 18 served with German police and paramilitary forces after the end of the WWI. The sub...
New York: Published by The Author, 1885. — 2 p. With Maps and about three thousand wood engravings. Although about 30,000 subjects have been compiled from the various publications and records of the War Department, Foreign War Offices, and Military Works of reference, more than 5000 original articles have been prepared by specialists in America and abroad. While the Tactics,...
New York: Published by The Author, 1885. — 832 p. With Maps and about three thousand wood engravings. Although about 30,000 subjects have been compiled from the various publications and records of the War Department, Foreign War Offices, and Military Works of reference, more than 5000 original articles have been prepared by specialists in America and abroad. While the Tactics,...
Dublin: Trinity College, 2016. - 345 p. "Technological development of the bow and crossbow in the late Middle Ages." This thesis explores the complexity of the design and development of the bow and the crossbow in the Later Middle Ages. The data used in this study were primarily archaeological, supplemented by some textual and artistic evidence. Information on over two hundred...
9 edition. — London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne: Cassell and Company ltd., 1910. — 804 p. Almost immediately he commenced experimenting, with the intention of publishing his first book, "The Gun," which appeared in 1835. This work dealt nearly exclusively with small arms, and it contains many ideas then new with deductions from his numerous experiments supporting them. At...
9 edition. — London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne: Cassell and Company ltd., 1910. — 804 p. Almost immediately he commenced experimenting, with the intention of publishing his first book, "The Gun," which appeared in 1835. This work dealt nearly exclusively with small arms, and it contains many ideas then new with deductions from his numerous experiments supporting them. At...
A & W Publishers, 1978. — 328 p. — ISBN: 0894790315, 9780894790317. Although the firearm has a long history, as the introductory section of this book outlines, the amount of technical progress during the first fivehundred years was relatively small. Apart from the flintlock mechanism, there was little in a musket of 1800 which would have puzzled an arquebusier of 1400 had he...
Arms & Armour Press, 1996. — 192 p. From famous lawmen and outlaws of yesteryear to today's cops and robbers, the handgun has played an integral part in shaping our world. Explore the fascinating evolution of this weapon, from Samuel Colt's six-shooter to the 9mm Firestar compact pistol. See how mechanics and design have advanced with technology, how cartridges and materials...
Dover Publications, 2009. — 400 p. — ISBN10: 0486287203 ISBN13: 9780486287201 (eng). This fascinating study, the only book devoted exclusively to the crossbow, traces its use as a military and sporting weapon as well as its construction and management in medieval and modern times. The work also covers such related weapons as the balista, catapult, Turkish bow, and more. Over...
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1965. — 32 p. — (Historical Arms Series No. 6). The North West Mounted Police, later the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, used many firearms, including Snider-Enfield carbines, Winchester rifles, Ross carbines, Lee-Enfields, and revolvers. This booklets examines the procurement, issue, and use of such weapons.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985. — 42 p. The princely collections of Liechtenstein include one of the last great armories in Central Europe to survive in the possession of the original family. The armory comprises plate armor and edged weapons, firearms and artillery, but it is the hand firearms (guns and pistols) that are of greatest historical and artistic interest. The...
Pen and Sword Military, 2013. — 144 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47382-853-7. German Machine Guns of the Second World War is a highly illustrated record of the German war machine between 1939 – 1945.
4th ed. — Stackpole, 1954. — 236 p. This book, while essentially an historical hand book for gun enthusiasts and for the millions of soldiers who possess European Mauser rifles as trophies, also has a secondary purpose. That secondary purpose is to present a detailed study of the advance of German small arms development through the years, so politicians and economists and...
FM 23-41. — War Department, 1943. — 94 p. Mechanical training Description Disassembly and assembly Care and cleaning Functioning Stoppages and immediate action Spare parts and accessories Individual safety precautions Ammunition Manual of sub machine gun Manual of arms Loading and firing Marksmanship, known-distance targets Preparatory training Courses to be fired Conduct of...
London, Arms and Armour Press, 1968. - 65 p. This study is an attempt to give a concise systematical survey of the history of Russian pistols before the end of the 17th century.
The History Press, 2016. — 296 p. The elegant but menacing silhouette of the Luger is immediately recognisable. Nearly 2 million had been manufactured by the end of the First World War, and the gun remained in production right up until the last days of the Third Reich in 1945. Author and firearms expert John Walter has produced the most comprehensive one-volume guide to the...
ABC-CLIO, 2004. — 284 p. The machine gun — often called the killing machine — revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever. This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of...
Chartwell Books, 2008. — 392 p. In this unique tribute to the West, R. L. Wilson has produced the definitive and most lavishly illustrated book ever on the weaponry of the West and its colorful and intriguing users. In 320 full color and 215 black and white illustrations, with in depth text and captions, the broad range of arms and users is detailed. Beginning with Native...
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