Firearms Weapons category: 210 books
by Robert W. D. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
More Models - More Photos - More History
Robert Ball, the world's foremost authority on Mauser military rifles, continues to scour the continents in search of more details and models of this ubiquitous rifle. His years of research and expertise culminate in this definitive, full-color Mauser...
by Leroy Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
The Fairbairn-Sykes Commando dagger has become iconic as the most widely recognized fighting knife in the world. The origins of the dagger can be traced to Shanghai in the 1930s where W. E. Fairbairn and US Marine officers including Sam Yeaton carried out experiments to develop what they considered...
Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War
Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
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...
The Thompson Submachine Gun
From Prohibition Chicago to World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
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...
The Pilum
The Roman Heavy Javelin
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular speciality: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind it. Relying on mass rather than velocity, at short range a volley of pila had much the same effect on...
by George D. Moller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive descriptions of the pre-flintlock and flintlock shoulder...
by B. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Arguably the most famous rifle in United States military history, the model 1903 Springfield rifle served two world wars and the Korean conflict. It’s also seen action in smaller military conflicts thanks to its incredible accuracy and killing ability. Perhaps its best application was the use as...
Pietro Monte's Collectanea
The Arms, Armour and Fighting Techniques of a Fifteenth-Century Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Pietro Monte's Collectanea is a wide-ranging treatise on the arts of knighthood, focusing on martial arts, athletics, arms and armour, and military practice, but touching on subjects as diverse as diet, zoology and the design of life preservers. Monte, a courtier, soldier and scholar who won the respect...
by Jonathan Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
At a time when most handguns were limited to six rounds, the ten-shot Mauser caught the attention of the world for its unprecedented firepower and formidable high-velocity 7.63×25mm cartridge. This saw its ultimate expression in the first-ever select-fire handgun – the 'Schnellfeuer' machine pistol,...
Fine Shotguns
The History, Science, and Art of the Finest Shotguns from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
In Fine Shotguns, expert John M. Taylor offers a global view of shotguns using photographs and descriptions of guns from the United States, Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy. Here are all types of shotguns: single barrel, double barrel, combination guns, hammer shotguns, paired shotguns,...
by Mike Loades
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanical...
by George D. Moller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
New data surrounding the procurement and modifications of arms produced by the national armories, and under federal contract procured by the individual states and by individual members of militias, is presented here for the first time. This information, interwoven with military, political, economic,...
American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume III
Flintlock Alterations and Muzzleloading Percussion Shoulder Arms, 1840-1865
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This third volume in Moller’s authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of...
Colt
A Collection of Letters and Photographs about the Man, the Arms, the Company
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Same Colt! The mere mention of his name brings to the minds of practically all who read, one thing only—guns. Their interest in guns may be active or passive, all according to their inclinations and temperament, but they all recognize what the name stands for. If a collector, for Colt pistols and...