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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Small Arms: From Hand Cannons to Automatic Weapons Kindle Edition

by Rupert Matthews (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This comprehensive, fully illustrated reference volume covers the evolution of small arms from primitive spears to portable rocket launchers.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Small Arms details more than 1,000 weapons, complete with full-color photographs. Featuring arms from around the world and across history, this stunning guide highlights the intricacies that make each variety unique, tying in historical anecdotes as well as the history of certain brands.

Revealing fascinating insights and historical episodes—such as the inspiration for Samuel L. Colt’s revolvers, or the lozenge-case gun used by Italian spies during World War II—this is an ideal resource for historians as well as fire arms enthusiasts. The volume is lushly illustrated  with detailed photographs, many of which are published here for the first time.
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    Thunder Bay Press
  5. Publication date
    October 1, 2014
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    84763 KB
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About the Author

Rupert Matthews is the author of more than 100 books, including The Illustrated History of the Twentieth Century and Popes: Every Question Answered. Rupert's family has for generations served in the British military, a fact that inspired him to specialize in military history. He has written extensively on major historical battles and on the lives of great military leaders. Rupert lives in Surrey, England with his wife and two children.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00N01TZTI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thunder Bay Press (October 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 84763 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 813 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Michelle Holden
5.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustive list of weapons
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2022
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I got this for my son and I love reading it as much as he. The photos are great and the descriptions detailed. You also get some historical tidbits throughout the book.
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Obviousfakename
1.0 out of 5 stars Shameful antigun propaganda masquerading as a reference work
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2018
I cannot imagine the motivations of the author or the “museum” that put this atrocity out. As a reference work on firearms, it is useless. The author is as incurious about his chosen topic as anyone I’ve ever seen. Pro tip: If you’re going to write a book about accurate firearms history, you don’t include a section entitled “Assault Weapons" (unless you do so specifically to explain its origins as an attack on private contemporary firearms ownership via the US "Assault Weapons Ban"). That term is media-manufactured branding used for political expediency in banning private sector small arms in common use. It is not a military designation, nor is it an industrial designation. Then, even when you include such a section, to put a Ruger 10/22 in it outs you as firearms illiterate. What a shameful, fact-free, disingenuous little antigun tome.

If you want a book about guns, you probably need to make sure the author isn’t a bootlicking serf.
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edward baehr
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023
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