The Colt M1911 is one of the most well-known and popular military weapons of the 20th century. Designed by John Browning, this pistol, with its legendary reliability and firepower, represents the developmental starting point of a majority of automatic pistols to this day. It was the standard-issue sidearm of the US armed forces for more than 70 years and is still in use throughout the world. This detailed, illustrated book features the M1911 from its initial design, manufacturing, and testing, through its combat use in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Through more than 370 images, this title includes close-up views of markings, as well as a serial numbers list, and 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.

The Colt M1911 .45 Automatic Pistol: M1911, M1911A1, Markings, Variants, Ammunition, Accessories (Classic Guns of the World, 4)

History

HUON, JEAN

Military

Schiffer Military History

Gen. George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised." The legendary .30-caliber M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle was the standard US service rifle in WWII and Korea. More than five million were made in American factories between 1937 and the end of 1945. It was also used by over 50 countries worldwide and saw combat into the 1970s. Today it is the weapon used by the US Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon in its precision exhibitions. Its design, construction, and variants, as well as its famed use during WWII in all war theaters, are shown in superb period photography and clear, up-close color images. Accessories such as magazines, ammunition, belts, bandoleers, and cleaning kits are featured throughout the book, as well as rarely seen WWII-related uniform and equipment items.

The M1 Garand: Variants, Markings, Ammunition, Accessories (Classic Guns of the World, 5)

France has always cloaked her military developments, particularly those concerning Ordnance, in a shroud of secrecy. In this, until now, the French have succeeded only too well. Indeed so little that Proud Promise will literally obsolete everything in your library shelbes on the subect of military autoloading rifles and whence they came.

Proud Promise: French Autoloading Rifles, 1898-1979

R. Blake Stevens (editor)

Collector_Grade_Publications

BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket - English Text Version - 378pp - 1000 Photos - Biblio - A great reference guide! NOTE: The jackets on this all have a scratch running down the center - not affecting book.

Military Rifle and Machine Gun Cartridges

Reference

Ironside Intl Pub

extremely rare,very good condition

Military Handguns of France, 1858-1958

Politics & Social Sciences

Medlin, Eugene

Politics & Government

Excalibur Pubns

In 1965 when the US intervened in San Domingo military observers noted that the para's of the 82nd Airborne were armed with a completely new gun made of light alloy and plastic. This was the M 16, a weapon developed by an aeronautical engineer based on the design of Eugene Stoner. It was subsequently used in Vietnam and it was there that it became world renowned. With a number of adaptations more than ten million M 16's have been produced and it is in service in at least 80 countries. Jean Huon tells the fascinating story of this weapon. Packed with more than 200 full color images and 200 black and white photos, The M 16 is a comprehensive history of the development of this key weapon. The book shows every conceivable version , variant, and accessory of the weapon. It even includes versions made under license by other manufacturers. The M 16 will be of enormous interest to collectors and gun enthusiasts and to historians of the Vietnam and Post Vietnam eras.

The M 16

Casemate Publishers

LES ARMES ITALIENNES EN 1940-1945

Crépin-Leblond

French automatic pistols from the earliest experiments through the World Wars and Indo-China to modern security forces; French text with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, diagrams, charts and tables.

Les Pistolets Automatiques Francais: 1890-1990 (French Edition)

Histoire and Collections

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