Automatic Arms
Title | Automatic Arms PDF eBook |
Author | Melvin M. Johnson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2015-01-06 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 162914861X |
The evolution of automatic weapons is one of the most significant developments in weapons history. While this development has been filled with disagreements, controversy, and stray hurdles, out of all of this tumult, shouting, and shooting has come the progress in firearms from the days when it was necessary to build a fire under a gun to make it go off to the “you press the button and they do the work” automatic firearms of the present day. In 1941, Melvin M. Johnson Jr. and Charles T. Haven, both well-established experts on firearms and ammunitions in their day, commemorated this development in Automatic Arms: Their History, Development and Use. The topics on which they illuminate the reader include: History and development How they work How to keep them firing How they may be employed in combat In the authors’ foreword, they state, “There has been a great deal of general discussion about various automatic weapons pro and con, and naturally there have been misunderstandings and misinterpretations.” They succeed immensely in their endeavor to clear up misunderstandings and misinterpretations with the clear, concise language they use in discussing this most notable of historical developments. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Automatic arms
Title | Automatic arms PDF eBook |
Author | Melvin Maynard Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Firearms |
ISBN |
Automatic Weapons & Machine Guns
Title | Automatic Weapons & Machine Guns PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Cohen |
Publisher | Footsteps of War |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 2022-04-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This book follows in the footsteps of many past conflicts from around the world and introduces the reader to the many different types of automatic/machine gun weapons used in those conflicts. Having travelled around the world visiting museums and battle sites and actually seeing, touching and in some cases firing some of the weapons included in this book provided me with some solid insights into their service through many different theatres of war. In most cases, you will find references to the weapon's history, their service period and specifications, as well as other interesting information that I have collected over the years.
Browning Auto-5 Shotguns
Title | Browning Auto-5 Shotguns PDF eBook |
Author | H. M. Shirley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Browning rifles |
ISBN | 9780970799760 |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry
Title | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry PDF eBook |
Author | Chuck Wills |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 845 |
Release | 2013-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1607109840 |
A complete look at weapons—from the Stone Age and Bronze Age to present day—from spears and swords to handguns and automatic weapons. When did hunting weapons begin to be used against humans instead of animals? What is the difference between the Plains Indian War Club and the Fijian War Club? 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. There’s the Japanese tanto, or dagger, which have become identified with gangs known as yakuza. There’s the flaming arrow used when Swiss and Austrian forces clashed in the 14th century. And there’s the revolver that Samuel Colt made practical for both military and civilian use in Hartford, Connecticut. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry will help readers better understand how—and why—the battles of history were fought.
The Machine Gun: History, evolution and development of manually operated, full automatic, and power driven aircraft machine guns
Title | The Machine Gun: History, evolution and development of manually operated, full automatic, and power driven aircraft machine guns PDF eBook |
Author | George M. Chinn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 710 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Machine guns |
ISBN |
"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 Browning Automatic Rifle
Title | The Browning Automatic Rifle PDF eBook |
Author | Robert R. Hodges Jr. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2012-04-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1780964102 |
For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in US infantry units as a light squad automatic “base of fire” weapon, providing quick bursts of concentrated fire. Designed in World War One, it didn't reach the front until September 1918. In the interwar years US forces used the BAR across the world, from China to Nicaragua. It also became a favorite of notorious gangsters like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who prized its ability to punch through police armored cars. At the outset of World War II the US armed forces decided to adapt the BAR for a light machine gun role. The BAR was not without its flaws; it was heavy and difficult to dismantle and reassemble, and it didn't cope well with sustained fire. Nevertheless, the BAR saw action in every major theater of World War II and went on to be used in Korea and in the opening stages of the Vietnam War. Featuring arresting first-hand accounts, specially drawn full-color artwork and close-up photographs, many in color, this lively study offers a vivid portrait of this powerful, long-lived and innovative weapon that saw service with US and other forces across the world for much of the 20th century.