Repeating and multi-fire weapons : a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 /
Prenderghast, Gerald, 1954-
Repeating and multi-fire weapons : a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 / Gerald Prenderghast. - viii, 426 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-424) and index.
"From the earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have been anxious to develop weapons with more firepower. This inevitably led a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of repeating and multi-fire weapons"--
9781476666662 1476666660
2018006135
Firearms--History.
Machine guns--History.
Military weapons--History.
U884 / .P746 2018
Repeating and multi-fire weapons : a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 / Gerald Prenderghast. - viii, 426 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-424) and index.
"From the earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have been anxious to develop weapons with more firepower. This inevitably led a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of repeating and multi-fire weapons"--
9781476666662 1476666660
2018006135
Firearms--History.
Machine guns--History.
Military weapons--History.
U884 / .P746 2018