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The world's greatest small arms, an illustrated history, Chris McNab

The world's greatest small arms

Chris McNab

an illustrated history

This comprehensive book features 52 of the most important guns of the last 140 years. Beginning with the Gatling Model 1878, the precursor of the machine guns that came to dominate twentieth century warfare, the volume covers all the major types used in World War I, World War II and the Cold War, before coming up to date with the latest specialist weapons, such as the M110 sniper rifle and FN SCAR assault rifle. Each entry includes a brief description of the weapon's development and history, a profile view, key features and specifications

World War I To World War II -- Gatling Gun (1878) -- Mauser C/96 (1895) -- SMLE (1903) -- M1903 Springfield (1903) -- Pistole Parabellum (1908) -- Colt M1911 (1911) -- Lewis Gun (1911) -- Winchester Model 12 (1912) -- Vickers Machine Gun (1912) -- Bergmann MP 18 (1918) -- M1919 Browning (1919) -- Thompson M1928 (1928) -- M2 Browning .50 cal (1933) -- Kar 98k (1935) -- Browning GP35 HP (1935) -- M1 Garand (1936) -- MG 34 (1936) -- Bren Gun (1938) -- Walther P38 (1938) -- MP 38/MP 40 (1938) -- Sten Mk 2 (1941) -- PPSh-41 (1941) -- MG 42 (1942) -- FG 42 (1942) -- M1 Carbine (1942) -- M3A1 'Grease Gun' (1942) -- Cold War And Modern Weapons -- AK-47/AKM (1949) -- Sterling L2A1 (1953) -- RPD machine gun (1953) -- FN FAL/L1A1 SLR (1954) -- Uzi (1954) -- M60 machine gun (1957) -- FN MAG (1958) -- M14 rifle (1959) -- Heckler & Koch G3 (1959) -- PK machine gun (1961) -- M16 rifle (1963) -- Heckler & Koch MP5 (1966) -- M21 sniper rifle (1969) -- Galil rifle (1973) -- AK-74 (1974) -- Heckler & Koch P7 (1976) -- Steyr AUG (1977) -- FAMAS (1978) -- SA80 (1985) -- Barrett M82A1 (1989) -- M4 Carbine (1994) -- Heckler & Koch G36 (1995) -- QBZ-03 (2003) -- M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (2008) -- FN SCAR (2009) -- AK-12 (2010)