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Weapon eBook Series

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  • Sniping Rifles in the War Against Japan 1941–45

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 88 - Weapon
    Fully illustrated, this absorbing study explores the evolving sniping technology and tactics employed by both sides in Asia and the Pacific during 1941–45.During World War II, both the Japanese and their Allied opponents made widespread use of snipers armed with a variety of rifles, scopes and accessories and prepared by widely differing levels of training and tactical doctrine. The challenges of ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Nambu Pistols

    Japanese military handguns 1900–45

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 86 - Weapon
    This is the absorbing story of the handguns credited to Nambu Kijiro, the principal personal-defence weapons of the Imperial forces.Featuring full-color artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this book charts the origins, development, combat use, and legacy of the Nambu pistols. Cutaway artwork reveals the inner workings of these important handguns, while specially commissioned battlescenes ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Walther Pistols

    PP, PPK and P 38

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 82 - Weapon
    While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipistole), a double-action semi-automatic pistol intended for the law-enforcement market, became available in 1929 and went on to arm the police of several European ... Read more

    13,24 €

  • Hotchkiss Machine Guns

    From Verdun to Iwo Jima

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 71 - Weapon
    The air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved successful enough to develop the Modèle Portative: a man-portable version which, it was hoped, could move with infantrymen as they advanced. Later mounted on tanks and ... Read more

    13,24 €

  • Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman

    by John Walter ...
    Series Book 75 - Weapon
    During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides of the conflict carried a wide array of weapons, from sabers and lances to carbines, revolvers, and other firearms.Though some sections of the cavalry placed their trust in the sabre, the advent of viable breechloading carbines -- especially repeaters such as the Spencer -- was to transform warfare within little more than a ... Read more

    13,24 €