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  • The Composite Bow

    door Mike Loades ...
    Serie Boek 43 - Weapon
    An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs and Chinese.Offering high power and portability, the composite bow was an ideal cavalry weapon, though it was also used by ... Meer lezen

    15,09 €

  • The Crossbow

    door Mike Loades ...
    Serie Boek 61 - Weapon
    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.Known to the Ancient Greeks and the Chinese as early as the 5th century BC, the crossbow developed both in Western Europe and in the Far East. Advances in trigger mechanisms, spanning and bow design ... Meer lezen

    15,09 €

  • The Longbow

    door Mike Loades ...
    Serie Boek 30 - Weapon
    An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary ... Meer lezen

    16,33 €

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  • The Lee-Enfield Rifle

    door Martin Pegler ...
    Serie Boek 17 - Weapon
    The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century's most recognisable and longest-serving military rifles. It was adopted by the British Army in 1895 and only replaced by the L1A1 SLR in 1957. It saw combat from the Boer War onwards, and thousands are still in use today; it is estimated that 17 million have been produced. Soldier's recollections of the rifle are overwhelmingly affectionate (it was known ... Meer lezen

    16,33 €

  • German Automatic Rifles 1941–45

    Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44

    door Chris McNab ...
    Serie Boek 24 - Weapon
    This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44.The Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939–40 convinced many observers that most infantry combat took place at closer ranges than the 750–1,000m. From 1941 Germany's arms designers took note and produced a new series of infantry ... Meer lezen

    15,09 €

  • The Thompson Submachine Gun

    From Prohibition Chicago to World War II

    door Martin Pegler ...
    Serie series Weapon
    The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a 'one-man, hand-held machine gun.' The war ended before these first prototypes could be shipped to Europe but once the M1921 Thompson formally entered production it was used by the criminals working in ... Meer lezen

    13,45 €

  • The Webley Service Revolver

    door Robert Maze ...
    Serie Boek 19 - Weapon
    The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years; later versions in .38in calibre went on to see further service in World War II and beyond, as well as in a host of law-enforcement roles around the world ... Meer lezen

    16,33 €

  • MP 38 and MP 40 Submachine Guns

    door Alejandro de Quesada ...
    Serie Boek 31 - Weapon
    Nazi Germany's MP 38 and MP 40 submachine guns are among World War II's most recognizable weapons. Portable and with folding stocks, both were widely issued to airborne troops and became the hallmark of Germany's infantry section and platoon leaders. A million were produced during the conflict – and many found their ways into the hands of paramilitary and irregular forces from Israel to Vietnam ... Meer lezen

    13,45 €

  • Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Dagger

    door Leroy Thompson ...
    Serie Boek 7 - Weapon
    The Fairbairn-Sykes Commando dagger has become iconic as the most widely recognized fighting knife in the world. The origins of the dagger can be traced to Shanghai in the 1930s where W. E. Fairbairn and US Marine officers including Sam Yeaton carried out experiments to develop what they considered the perfect knife for close combat. When Fairbairn and Sykes became instructors for the Commandos, ... Meer lezen

    16,33 €

  • Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck

    door Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Serie Boek 36 - Weapon
    Two of World War II's most distinctive weapons, the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck offered German and other infantrymen the ability to destroy enemy tanks singlehandedly at close ranges. While the Panzerschreck owed its origins largely to the US bazooka, the Panzerfaust was a revolutionary design that was unlike any previous weapon, and went on to influence anti-tank technology and tactics for ... Meer lezen

    13,45 €

  • The Beretta M9 Pistol

    door Leroy Thompson ...
    Serie Boek 11 - Weapon
    In 1990 the Beretta M9 replaced the venerable Colt 1911 as the main pistol of choice for the US Army, and it has seen widespread use in Iraq and Afghanistan. Written by a leading pistol expert who currently trains US Special Forces in the use of this weapon, this book is an honest appraisal of the successes and failings of the 9mm Beretta. The volume traces the Beretta designs that preceded the M9 ... Meer lezen

    16,33 €

  • The Cavalry Lance

    door Alan Larsen, Henry Yallop ...
    Serie Boek 59 - Weapon
    The development of cavalry firearms and disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance. However, by 1800 the lance, much changed from its medieval predecessors in both form and function, was back.During the next century the use of the lance spread to the armed forces of almost every Western country, seeing action in every major conflict from the ... Meer lezen

    14,41 €