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British Sniping Rifles since 1970: L42A1, L96A1 and L115A3 by Steve Houghton
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Sure to appeal to all those interested in military sniping, this study assesses the use of three iconic sniping weapons over five decades. In response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was de ...Show more
Early Military Rifles - 1740-1850 by Balázs Németh; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
The conduct of combat operations in open order during the 18th and 19th centuries required an improved firearm with more accuracy than the standard-issue smoothbore infantry musket. Consequently, the appearance of a new type of regular light infantry soldier and an innovative military firearm, the rifle ...Show more
Sniping Rifles in World War I by Martin Pegler; Adam Hook (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not. This highly illustrated volume tells the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I. Although military sharpshooting had existed since the ...Show more
Sniping Rifles on the Eastern Front 1939-45 by Martin Pegler; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
The Soviet Union had developed a significant sniping force by 1939, but the extraordinary skill and cunning displayed by Finnish snipers during the Winter War forced the Soviets to innovate. On the other side, German sniping suffered from a lack of standardization of weapons and a lack of marksmen deplo ...Show more
Soviet Machine Guns of World War II by Chris McNab; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Steve Noon (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war.In 1939, three machine guns dominated the Red Army's front-line infantry firepower - the DShK 1938 heavy machine gu ...Show more
The Bayonet by Bill Harriman; Adam Hook (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Featuring specially commissioned color artwork and drawing upon a range of sources, this engaging study casts new light on the origins, development, construction, and use of the bayonet in warfare from the mid-17th century onwards. Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively ...Show more
The Browning High-Power Pistol by Leroy Thompson; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Adam Hook (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
This title explores the history of the accurate and reliable Browning High-Power Pistol, which was considered the world's standard for a semi-automatic combat pistol for half a century. Making its debut in 1935, the Browning High-Power was the world's most widely used military pistol for much of the 20 ...Show more
The Crossbow by Mike Loades; Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanica ...Show more
The Luger by Neil Grant; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Patented in 1898 and produced from 1900, Georg Luger's iconic semi-automatic pistol became synonymous with Germany's armed forces throughout both world wars. Initially chambered for the 7.65×21mm round, from 1902 the Luger was designed for DWM's 9×19mm round, which even today remains the most popular mi ...Show more
The PIAT - Britain's Anti-Tank Weapon of World War II by Matthew Moss; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Adam Hook (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
Designed in 1942, Britain's innovative Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) provided British and Commonwealth troops with a much-needed means of taking on Germany's formidable Panzers. Replacing the inadequate Boys anti-tank rifle, it was conceived in the top-secret World War II research and developmen ...Show more
The Sten Gun by Leroy Thompson; Mark Stacey (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
The Sten submachine gun - officially the 'Carbine, Machine, Sten' - was developed to fulfill the pressing British need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after Dunkirk, when German invasion was a very real possibility. Over four million were built during World War II, and the Sten was wide ...Show more
Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman by John Walter; Adam Hook (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weapon Ser.
Replete with specially commissioned artwork, this lively study assesses the effectiveness of the various weapons equipping the Civil War cavalryman and the decisions made concerning the armament of the US cavalry after 1865. During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides ...Show more