The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 19th Century Firearms

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The Hlustfated Encyclopedia of I9íh Century
This lavishly illustrated volume charts the complete history of military fírearms during the 19th century, a period when gun design progressed at unparalleled speed. Within the compass of three generations the cumbersome muzzle-loader had given way to the breechloader, the machine gun and magaziné rifle had evolved, and the technological revolution that ushered in the highly efficient weaponry of toda/s armed forces been achieved.
Major Myatt explores the history of small arms development with consummate skill, and writes with insight and affection about the classic weapons of this age and the high standard of craftsmanship that governed their manufacture. He sets his narrative against the backcloth of the principal campaigns and battles of the time, illustrating just how and why new fírearms altered the face of war. He alsó shows how advances in ballistics complemented the progress made in the field of gun design. His text is... Tovább

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The Hlustfated Encyclopedia of I9íh Century
This lavishly illustrated volume charts the complete history of military fírearms during the 19th century, a period when gun design progressed at unparalleled speed. Within the compass of three generations the cumbersome muzzle-loader had given way to the breechloader, the machine gun and magaziné rifle had evolved, and the technological revolution that ushered in the highly efficient weaponry of toda/s armed forces been achieved.
Major Myatt explores the history of small arms development with consummate skill, and writes with insight and affection about the classic weapons of this age and the high standard of craftsmanship that governed their manufacture. He sets his narrative against the backcloth of the principal campaigns and battles of the time, illustrating just how and why new fírearms altered the face of war. He alsó shows how advances in ballistics complemented the progress made in the field of gun design. His text is accompanied by an exceptional selection of colour and black and white photographs, paintings and engravings, diagrams and full colour cutaway drawings. Notable features of the book are the series of specially commissioned colour photographs which illustrate the importantbreech mechanisms in close-up, and an 8-page fold-out which incorporates superbly detailed colour artwork of rifles and military uniforms.
This is truly an outstanding book, covering the arms of the world, and the quality of text and illustration make it one that every gun lover will want to own. Vissza