[PDF] The Machine Gun V1 eBook

Author : George M. Chinn
Publisher :
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Machine-guns
ISBN :

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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.

Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1851094857

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The machine gun—often called the killing machine—revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever. This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of small arms technology and the impact of machine guns on the battlefield, on military strategy, and on human society. This book discusses subjects ranging from the forerunners of mechanical and automatic guns, to the unusual history of the Civil War-era Gatling gun (the first practical machine gun, not used by the Union army because Gatling was a Southerner), to the machine guns developed for the world wars and those for present day use. Readers will see how the advent of the machine gun revolutionized ground combat—and how in some instances, technology outran tactics and doctrines, with disastrous consequences.

Author : John Ellis
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 1986-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801833588

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It necessitated a technological response: first the armored tank, then the jet fighter, and, perhaps ultimately, the hydrogen bomb.

Author : George Morgan Chinn
Publisher :
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Machine guns
ISBN :

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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.