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British Sniping Rifles since 1970: L42A1, L96A1 and L115A3 by Steve Houghton
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Sure to appeal to all those interested in military sniping, this study assesses the use of three iconic sniping weapons over five decades. In response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was de ...Show more
Early Military Rifles - 1740-1850 by Balázs Németh; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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The conduct of combat operations in open order during the 18th and 19th centuries required an improved firearm with more accuracy than the standard-issue smoothbore infantry musket. Consequently, the appearance of a new type of regular light infantry soldier and an innovative military firearm, the rifle ...Show more
Hotchkiss Machine Guns - From Verdun to Iwo Jima by John Walter; Adam Hook (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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Featuring contemporary photographs and full-color artwork, this title explores the action-packed history of the Hotchkiss machine gun and its derivatives, which were used around the globe for nearly fifty years. Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotc ...Show more
Medieval Longsword by Neil Grant, illustrated by Peter Dennis
Category: History | Series: Weapon Ser.
The formidable European longsword - featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands - remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged weapons of the late medieval era. Also known as the 'bastard' sword and the 'hand-and-a-half' sword, ...Show more
Sniping Rifles on the Eastern Front 1939-45 by Martin Pegler; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
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The Soviet Union had developed a significant sniping force by 1939, but the extraordinary skill and cunning displayed by Finnish snipers during the Winter War forced the Soviets to innovate. On the other side, German sniping suffered from a lack of standardization of weapons and a lack of marksmen deplo ...Show more
The Arisaka Rifle by Bill Harriman; Peter Dennis (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Issued in long and short versions - the latter for cavalry and specialists - the Type 30 was the first main Ar ...Show more
The Bayonet by Bill Harriman; Adam Hook (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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Featuring specially commissioned color artwork and drawing upon a range of sources, this engaging study casts new light on the origins, development, construction, and use of the bayonet in warfare from the mid-17th century onwards. Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively ...Show more
The Browning High-Power Pistol by Leroy Thompson; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Adam Hook (Illustrator)
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This title explores the history of the accurate and reliable Browning High-Power Pistol, which was considered the world's standard for a semi-automatic combat pistol for half a century. Making its debut in 1935, the Browning High-Power was the world's most widely used military pistol for much of the 20 ...Show more
The Crossbow by Mike Loades; Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanica ...Show more
The FN MAG Machine Gun - M240, L7, and Other Variants by Chris McNab; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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For six decades, the 7.62mm FN MAG has been a dominant general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) in worldwide arsenals. Three qualities have guaranteed this enduring status - reliability, ease of operation, and firepower. Several nations have license-produced the weapon as their standard GPMG, including the Br ...Show more
The Luger by Neil Grant; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
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Patented in 1898 and produced from 1900, Georg Luger's iconic semi-automatic pistol became synonymous with Germany's armed forces throughout both world wars. Initially chambered for the 7.65×21mm round, from 1902 the Luger was designed for DWM's 9×19mm round, which even today remains the most popular mi ...Show more
The M4 Carbine by Chris McNab; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
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Using the latest technical, ballistic, and tactical research available, this book defines the reasons why the M4/M4A1 achieved its ascendancy, but also analyzes the question marks that hang over the weapon's future. The M4 carbine has become one of the defining military firearms of the late 20th and ear ...Show more