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  • The Lee-Enfield Rifle

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 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 ... Leer más

    $15.09 USD

  • Winchester Lever-Action Rifles

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 42 - Weapon
    Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West.Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as 'The gun that won the west'.Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Winchester Lever-Action Rifles

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 42 - Weapon
    Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as 'The gun that won the west'. Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ... Leer más

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  • Sniping Rifles in World War I

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 83 - Weapon
    While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not.Although military sharpshooting had existed since the 18th century, in 1914 only the German and Austro-Hungarian armies fielded trained snipers armed with scoped rifles. Thus upon the outbreak of World War I, the Allied armies found themselves on the receiving end of a shooting war to ... Leer más

    $17.49 USD

  • Sniping Rifles on the Eastern Front 1939–45

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 67 - Weapon
    The Soviet Union had developed a significant sniping force by 1939, but the extraordinary skill and cunning displayed by Finnish snipers during the Winter War forced the Soviets to innovate.On the other side, German sniping suffered from a lack of standardization of weapons and a lack of marksmen deployed at the start of the Great Patriotic War (1941–45). There were few heroes in the conflict, but ... Leer más

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  • The Thompson Submachine Gun

    From Prohibition Chicago to World War II

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

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  • The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 25 - Weapon
    The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the company's chairman; Maxim's company was absorbed by Vickers, Sons and Company in ... Leer más

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  • Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

    Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 56 - Weapon
    At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction.Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58 ... Leer más

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  • Colt Single-Action Revolvers

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 52 - Weapon
    In 1836, Samuel Colt changed the face of warfare with the production of the first of a series of iconic and influential single-action revolvers, including the .44-calibre Colt Walker and the seminal .45-calibre Colt Single Action Army.These weapons shifted the role of the pistol from single-shot weapon of last resort to a practical and powerful sidearm that gave the user the ability to defend ... Leer más

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  • The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 25 - Weapon
    The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century.It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the company's chairman; Maxim's company was absorbed by Vickers, Sons and Company in ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Lee-Enfield Rifle

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 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 some are still in use in the 21st century; it is estimated that 17 million have been produced. Soldier's recollections of the rifle are overwhelmingly affectionate (it ... Leer más

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  • Sniper Rifles

    From the 19th to the 21st Century

    de Martin Pegler ...
    Series Libro 6 - Weapon
    A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book details the development of ammunition, different weapons types including single shot, magazine loading and semi-automatic, as well as the introduction and use ... Leer más

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