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Author : J. D. Eberle
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2019-01-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780368183188
A collection of largely unreleased, never before seen, photographs of German semiautomatic rifles in service during WW2 1941-1945. Included are the Gewehr 41 (M) Gewehr 41 (W) Gewehr 43, and the captured/reissued Soviet made Tokarev SVT-38/40 family of rifles given the German classification Gewehr 259 (R).
Author : Jd Eberle
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780368145216
A collection of largely unreleased, never before seen, photographs of German semiautomatic rifles in service during WW2 1941-1945. Included are the Gewehr 41 (M) Gewehr 41 (W) Gewehr 43, and the captured/reissued Soviet made Tokarev SVT-38/40 family of rifles given the German classification Gewehr 259 (R).
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780963874
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 firearms. This study not only provides a detailed technical description of each weapon, but also explores how the firearms performed on the battlefields of World War II. The combat takes us from the FG 42 in the hands of Fallschirmjäger at Monte Cassino through to StG 44s being used by Waffen-SS soldiers on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. Postwar service is also studied, such as the Gew 43's adoption by the Czech Army and the StG 44's use by the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War. Setting each firearm in its tactical and historical context, and employing striking photographs and full-colour artwork, firearms expert Chris McNab sets out the absorbing story of this distinctive and influential series of weapons.
Author : W. Darrin Weaver, Sr.
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781734235906
Rough Forged is the expansive revision of the author's 2000 text and covers the history and development of German self-loading rifles starting from the late 1800s, to World War One, the inter-war years, through to the Gewehr 41, Gewehr 43 and Karabiner 43 rifles, optics and accessories of World War Two. When the Wehrmacht plunged into Poland in 1939, the individual German soldier found himself issued with weapons and equipment little different than his father had been given in World War One. And, just as their fathers had done a generation before, German soldiers went off to war armed with a version of the venerable Mauser 98 rifle. Sure, it had been improved, shortened, lightened, the bolt handle bent down- but it remained a slow, outdated, bolt-action design, better suited to an age past. It didn't take long to realize that the K.98k was outdated , but it would take the better part of four more years of bloody conflict before German troops began to receive sizeable numbers of semi-automatic rifles. The World War Two self-loading G.41, G.43, and K.43 rifles of course are the whole purpose and make up the bulk of these texts. But, with the United States and the Soviet Union fielding large numbers of self-loading rifles by the eve of WW2, many historians, researchers and collectors alike often ask the same fundamental question: why had Germany, a nation that designed and built some of the greatest airplanes, armored vehicles, artillery, and machine guns the world had ever seen, been so slow to the game when it came to self-loading rifles? This issue and many more are explored in depth within this copiously illustrated two-volume set, that also includes markings, codes, production differences, telescope development history, rifle and optical accessories, and detailed appendices covering all of the major manufacturers' production codes and manufacturing variants. Rough Forged is the definitive study for all who collect and are interested in German World War Two self-loading rifles!
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 178096434X
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.
Author : Robert Bruce
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 2010
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :
Author : Nick Cooper
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445622173
The first in a three part series of books on London transport during the Second World War - The Underground, Railways and Buses. Nick Cooper explores the impact of the war upon the running of the Underground and the role it played in so many people's lives.
Author : Robert R. Hodges Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780964102
For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in US infantry units as a light squad automatic “base of fire” weapon, providing quick bursts of concentrated fire. Designed in World War One, it didn't reach the front until September 1918. In the interwar years US forces used the BAR across the world, from China to Nicaragua. It also became a favorite of notorious gangsters like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who prized its ability to punch through police armored cars. At the outset of World War II the US armed forces decided to adapt the BAR for a light machine gun role. The BAR was not without its flaws; it was heavy and difficult to dismantle and reassemble, and it didn't cope well with sustained fire. Nevertheless, the BAR saw action in every major theater of World War II and went on to be used in Korea and in the opening stages of the Vietnam War. Featuring arresting first-hand accounts, specially drawn full-color artwork and close-up photographs, many in color, this lively study offers a vivid portrait of this powerful, long-lived and innovative weapon that saw service with US and other forces across the world for much of the 20th century.
Author : W. Darrin Weaver
Publisher :
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Garand rifle
ISBN : 9780889352759
Author : Stéphane Cailleau
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764359675
Adopted by the German Wehrmacht at the end of 1939, more than 1.2 million P.38s were manufactured up to 1945. Designed by the Walther company from its civilian model PP, it was the first double-action military pistol. Its robustness and simplicity of manufacture made it a worthy successor to the legendary P.08 Luger in the Second World War. This illustrated book presents the design, manufacturing, and development of the various models, from initial acceptance by the German military in 1938 through their production and use from 1939 to 1945. Details include close-up views of markings and other details, as well as a visual breakdown of the weapon. Accessories such as magazines, ammunition, holsters, and cleaning kits are featured throughout the book, as are rarely seen combat-related uniform and equipment items.