The M1941 Johnson Rifle is the hottest World War II rifle on the collectors' market today, and this exciting new book by Bruce Canfield covers it all! From invention and manufacture through to issue to the troops, every aspect of the Johnson is explained and illustrated, including just the kind of hands-on information that you need, like collector's notes and serial number data. Learn to tell original configuration rifles from less valuable put-together guns and sporterized versions. Also learn about all the "other" Johnson guns, like light machine guns, paratroop rifles and more.

Johnson Rifles and Machine Guns: The Story of Melvin Maynard Johnson, Jr. and His Guns

Bruce N. Canfield

Biographies & Memoirs

Andrew Mowbray Pub

Your ultimate guide to the military '03 Springfield! Three times as large as the author's previous best selling book on this topic. Covers all models, all manufacturers and all conflicts, including WWI, WWII and beyond. Heavily illustrated with professional photography showing the details that separate a great collectible rifle from the rest. Serial number tables, combat photos, sniper rifles and more! Countless photos, 240 pages, 8.5" x 11". Hardcover.

An Illustrated Guide to the '03 Springfield Service Rifle

Reference

Andrew Mowbray, Inc., Publishers

From the famed Winchester M97 to the Mossberg and beyond! It's all in here! Expanded and updated covereage of American combat shotguns with three times the information found in the author's pervious best-selling book on this topic. An absolutely huge collector's guide! 312 pages packed with the latest data that collectors have been demanding. Hundreds of detailed photographs show you the specific features that you need to recognize in order to identify fakes and assembled guns. This is the kind of hands-on, practical know-how that will help you to become a more successful collector! Covers all the known types and all the manufacturers. Special, in-depth historical coverage of WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq! Tells you which troops used these guns, where they carried them and how they performed in combat! All new sections bring the story up-to-date, with full details of shotgun use in our armed forces today! All of th e latest guns are included with sereal number data direct from the manufacturers! Detailed collector's notes show you all the markings, parts, variations and features that you need to look for. Learn what is proper and what is not before you buy!

Bruce N. Canfield's Complete Guide to United States Military Combat Shotguns

Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Inc.

A true tour de force of gun scholarship, this is the complete story of the M1 Garand service rifle as told by one of today's foremost arms authors and researchers. Nothing even approaching this level of detail has ever been published before. Documents Garand's production and issue both in the U.S. and elsewhere and has also given a level of intense scrutiny to the Garand's accessories and accoutrements.

The M1 Garand Rifle

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Mowbray Publishing, Inc.

If it could be carried into battle it s in this book! Comprehensive, full-color guide to the American infantry weapons of WWII. Included are all the small arms and light weapons that saw combat with the Army, Navy and Marines, as well as the many earlier models that led to their development. More than 2,000 color photographs depict all the fascinating details of the arms themselves, while a large selection of vintage photos show them in action in the hands of the troops. No book of this scope has ever been attempted before! We cover rifles, pistols, revolvers, combat knives, bayonets, bolos and machetes, carbines, shotguns, submachine guns, automatic rifles, machine guns, anti-tank rifles, bazookas, recoilless rifles, grenades and their launchers, mortars and flame throwers. Hardcover with dustjacket; 8.5x11; 2,100+ color photos, historical photos, and illustrations.

U.S. Small Arms of World War II