Prenderghast, Gerald,  1954- <br/><br/>
Repeating and multi-fire weapons :  a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 / 
Gerald Prenderghast. 
 - viii, 426 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-424) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781476666662 1476666660 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018006135 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Firearms--History.<br/>Machine guns--History.<br/>Military weapons--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U884  / .P746 2018