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Modern Machine Guns (Greenhill Military Manual)
Modern Machine Guns - Greenhill Military Manual Author:John Walter 148 illustrations 6 x 8 — * A compact and authoritative guide to post-war machine-guns — * A gun-by-gun directory identifying individual variants and types — * Includes detailed evaluations and technical data This authoritative and superbly illustrated addition to the Greenhill Military Manuals series is a concise guide to the machine-gun. Thi... more »s comprehensive directory by a leading firearms expert and authority on military technology covers a vast array of weapons from the Gatling gun to the six-barrel Vulcan. In addition to outlining the history of each type and its development, this up-to-date guide cites the caliber, ammunition, length, weight, feed, rate of fire, and muzzle velocity of every weapon. The book covers machine-guns and variants manufactured in more than thirty countries, including Britain, the USA, Germany, Russia, Yugoslavia, China, Italy, Israel and Czechoslovakia. John Walter is a respected authority on all aspects of weaponry and is the author of numerous books including The Guns that Won the West (1-85367-351-X), Kalashnikov (1-85367-364-1) and The Luger Story (1-85367-209-2).« less