Modern arms are closely examined, including the rise of Super Magnum revolvers, semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles. The directories present a superb pictorial guide to the most significant pistols, revolvers, rifles, machine and submachine guns.
Enthusiasts can quickly find specific guns, all with full information and color photography. Each gun's features are listed, as are the military, political and technological contexts in which the gun was developed. A full list of manufacturers and a glossary complete this easy-to-use encyclopedia which is essential reading for everybody interested in gun manufacture and conflicts of war.
This fully illustrated encyclopedia provides an authoritative and clear guide to the complex world of the firearm of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This encyclopedia is an authoritative reference work with two stunning directories. It explains the development of rifles and machine guns through the centuries, and shows the capabilities and individual specifications of modern weapons. Also featured is a chronological account of arms development. A comprehensive list of manufacturers, a glossary and an index complete this easy-to-use encyclopedia.
A comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of arms from the different countries of the world, organized according to country of manufacture and featuring key specifications for each gun of caliber, magazine capacity, barrel length and unloaded weight. An unparalleled guide to the world's most important rifles and machine guns, from the Medieval period to the present day, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and illustrations. An illustrated historical reference to military, law enforcement and antique firearms from around the world.
The world's most important small guns from the medieval hand-held cannon and the matchlock pistol to the Luger P and today's FN P Includes a fascinating history of small arms from the 12th century to the present day, a comprehensive directory of small arms, full technical specifications, and illustrated with more than photographs. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handguns presents an outstanding one-volume reference tool for all who study or use handguns.
Alexander Zhuk's meticulous constant scale line drawings are unmatched in modern-day gun literature. Drawn directly from the guns themselves wherever possible, they combine accurately observed outlines with an unerring sense of solidity.
A complete look at weapons--from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, from spears to swords. When did hunting weapons begin to be used against humans instead of animals? What weapon is common to peoples in every part of the world? The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry is a comprehensive guide to arms and armaments throughout history. Beginning in the Stone Age, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry travels through the Bronze Age to our present day, showing the tools humans have used to defend themselves all around the globe.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry will help readers better understand how--and why--the battles of history were fought. Modern arms are closely examined, including the rise of Super Magnum revolvers, semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles. The directories present a superb pictorial guide to the most significant pistols, revolvers, rifles, machine and submachine guns. Enthusiasts can quickly find specific guns, all with full information and color photography.
Each gun's features are listed, as are the military, political and technological contexts in which the gun was developed. A full list of manufacturers and a glossary complete this easy-to-use encyclopedia which is essential reading for everybody interested in gun manufacture and conflicts of war. This encyclopedia is an authoritative reference work with two stunning directories.
It explains the development of rifles and machine guns through the centuries, and shows the capabilities and individual specifications of modern weapons. Also featured is a chronological account of arms development. A comprehensive list of manufacturers, a glossary and an index complete this easy-to-use encyclopedia. The world's most important small guns from the medieval hand-held cannon and the matchlock pistol to the Luger P and today's FN P Includes a fascinating history of small arms from the 12th century to the present day, a comprehensive directory of small arms, full technical specifications, and illustrated with more than photographs Author : Aleksandr Borisovich Zhuk Publisher: Lewis International Incorporated ISBN: Size : Alexander Zhuk's meticulous constant scale line drawings are unmatched in modern-day gun literature.
Drawn directly from the guns themselves wherever possible, they combine accurately observed outlines with an unerring sense of solidity. Author : Stephen C.
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