Repeating and multi-fire weapons : a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 / Gerald Prenderghast.

By:

Prenderghast, Gerald, 1954-

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781476666662
1476666660

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LOC classification:

U884 .P746 2018

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	U884 .P746 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001483501

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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