Assault Rifle
Published on 25. October 2004
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-86126-700-9 (ISBN)
Description
Assault Rifle provides a comprehensive account of the development of the military assault rifle and its ammunition from WW2 to the present day.
The book is in two parts. The first part includes: a brief historical summary of the assault rifle, its origins and development; gun design including operating mechanisms and weapon configuration; ammunition design and performance; ballistics, especially the balance between recoil and effectiveness and the history of assault rifle cartridge. The second part includes: National military rifle programmes since the end of WW2; history of developments in each country including experimental programmes, and detailed descriptions of the principal service and experimental weapons.
The book is in two parts. The first part includes: a brief historical summary of the assault rifle, its origins and development; gun design including operating mechanisms and weapon configuration; ammunition design and performance; ballistics, especially the balance between recoil and effectiveness and the history of assault rifle cartridge. The second part includes: National military rifle programmes since the end of WW2; history of developments in each country including experimental programmes, and detailed descriptions of the principal service and experimental weapons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
835 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86126-700-9 (9781861267009)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Maxim Popenker is a lieutenant [reserve] in the Russian armed forces. He is the creator and webmaster of the leading internet small arms resource, the 'Modern Firearms' website at www.world.guns.ru. Anthony G Williams has a particular interest in the history of automatic weapons and their ammunition. He wrote the Flying Guns trilogy which describes the development of guns and ammunition from 1914 to present day.