U.S. Rifle M14
Author : R. Blake Stevens
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 9780889351103
The M14 Battle Rifle
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472802578
Book Description
The M14 may have only been the primary US service rifle for a little over a decade before being replaced by the M16, but it is still considered by many experts to be the best rifle to ever see US service. Primarily designed for a war in Europe, where it would take its place alongside the other battle rifles like the FN FAL, the M14 saw most of its combat use in the early days of the Vietnam War. Maintained until 1970 for compatibility with NATO forces the M14 had a renaissance as a semi-automatic sniping weapon and since 2001 the M14 has been employed as a Designated Marksman Rifle, being employed by all branches of the US military, especially in Afghanistan where the open terrain makes longer-range engagements common. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork and archive and close-up photographs, this engaging study tells the story of the M14, the long-lived battle rifle that remains in front-line service with US forces more than 50 years after its first adoption.
The M14 Owner's Guide and Match Conditioning Instructions
Author : Scott A. Duff
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 1996
Category : M14 rifle
ISBN : 9781888722079
Book Description
American Rifle
Author : Alexander Rose
Publisher : Delta
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0553384384
Book Description
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.
The Great Rifle Controversy
Author : Edward Clinton Ezell
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Udviklingen af den amerikanske infanterists håndvåben.
The Gun
Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0743271734
Book Description
The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs. From its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, he discusses how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.
The M1 Garand
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 178096434X
Book Description
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.
The M1 Does My Talking!
Author : Robert Bruce
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Garand rifle
ISBN : 9780963149503
Book Description
FN Browning Pistols
Author : Anthony Vanderlinden
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780970799791
Book Description
Expanded, Second Edition
Blitzkrieg!
Author : Frank Iannamico
Publisher : Chipotle Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : MP40 submachine gun
ISBN : 9780970195494
Book Description
This book includes the history and development of the German machine pistol from the MP18, I to the MP40. This is the extremely revised and updated second printing by Frank Iannamico; it is now in our popular 8.5 x11 format and has almost 100 more pages than the original printing!"
