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010 _a 2018006135
020 _a9781476666662
_q(Paper)
020 _a1476666660
_q(Paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)1022980256
_z(OCoLC)989968451
035 _a(coutts)cts21652856
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
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_dOCLCQ
_dBTCTA
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042 _apcc
050 4 _aU884
_b.P746 2018
100 1 _aPrenderghast, Gerald,
_d1954-
245 1 0 _aRepeating and multi-fire weapons :
_ba history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 /
_cGerald Prenderghast.
264 1 _aJefferson, North Carolina :
_bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _aviii, 426 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-424) and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aFirearms
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMachine guns
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMilitary weapons
_xHistory.
999 _c236281
_d236281