Machine Gun
Title | Machine Gun PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony G. Williams |
Publisher | Crowood Press UK |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781847970305 |
The machine gun had a dramatic effect on the conduct of warfare; one or two men operating a single machine could produce the same weight of fire as a squadron of rifles, and when used against an inferior enemy, the effect could be devestating. During the First World War, the use of the machine gun in conjunction with massed barbed wire and other obstacles put an end to battlefield mobility until new weapons and tactics could be devised. This book describes the development of the machine gun from the earliest models to the present day. The focus is very much on portable infantry weapons used in the support role, so automatic cannon of 20mm and larger calibres are excluded. The categories of weapon included are, therefore, Light Machine Guns [LMGs], a term which includes the Squad Automatic Weapon [SAW] and Light Support Weapon [LSW]; Medium Machine Guns [MMGs]; Heavy Machine Guns [HMGs] and General Purpose Machine Guns [GPMGs]. One specialist variety of machine guns is included in a separate chapter: the grenade machine gun [GMG], also known as the automatic grenade launcher [AGL]. With a country-by-country breakdown of machine guns, including comprehensive appendices of gun and ammunition data, along with hundreds of photographs, this is a comprehensive study of a most effective battlefield weapon.
The Book of the Machine Gun 1917
Title | The Book of the Machine Gun 1917 PDF eBook |
Author | Major F. V. Longstaff |
Publisher | Andrews UK Limited |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2012-03-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1781519013 |
This book is a very important text for any student of the development of the machine gun, and contains details of the history of this weapon from its inception to the mid-ppoint of the First World War. The evolution of the machine gun is detailed, followed by examples of the use of the wepon in war, and particularly in the Russo-Japanese War. Tactics are examined in detail, both from the historical point of view and tactics of the First World War, an important part of the book. Training is covered, particularly from the British Army side, and the relevant chapter has much of great value in it. Perhaps the most important part of the book however is the examination of the machine guns of the armies then at war. There is in addition a complete chapter on machine guns in the German Army, which is of specific importance to any study of the tactics on the western front. The book is illustrated with a series of good photographs and a number of line drawings of both early and current machine guns, and there is also a large scale drawing of the Vickers gun.
The MacHine Gun V1
Title | The MacHine Gun V1 PDF eBook |
Author | George M. Chinn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 712 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258052447 |
The Machine Gun
Title | The Machine Gun PDF eBook |
Author | George M. Chinn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Machine-guns |
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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.
The Machine Gun
Title | The Machine Gun PDF eBook |
Author | George M. Chinn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 708 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Machine guns |
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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.
Bring Me My Machine Gun
Title | Bring Me My Machine Gun PDF eBook |
Author | Alec Russell |
Publisher | Public Affairs |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2009-04-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1586487388 |
The "Financial Times"' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa--a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the brink of chaos
The Social History of the Machine Gun
Title | The Social History of the Machine Gun PDF eBook |
Author | John Ellis |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1986-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801833588 |
It necessitated a technological response: first the armored tank, then the jet fighter, and, perhaps ultimately, the hydrogen bomb.