Modern Small Arms (300 Of The World's Greatest Small Arms)

By (author) Chris McNab; By (author) McNab Chris
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Presented in a handy pocket format, Modern Small Arms offers an overview of small arms development over the past century. Arranged by type, each small arm is illustrated by a colour artwork with a summary of its development and service history and a detailed specifications table giving the technical details of the weapon.
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Modern Small Arms looks in detail at 300 of the most widely used pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and other small arms of the last 100 years. It includes famous small arms such as the AK-47, the M16, the SA80, the Lee Enfield, the MP40, the MG42, the Browning Hi Power, the M60, the Thompson sub-machine gun, the Colt .45, the Sten and the L115A3 sniper rifle.
Arranged by type, each small arm is illustrated by a full colour artwork and accompanied by a detailed specifications table giving the country of origin and the technical details of the weapon, including calibre, length, weight, barrel length, rate of fire, muzzle velocity, operation and, where appropriate, magazine capacity. Each entry also contains text summarising the weapon’s development and service history.
Presented in a handy, pocket-book format, Modern Small Arms is colourful, packed with information and offers a great insight into the development of weaponry over the past century.

Table of contents

Introduction

Handguns

Mannlicher Model 1901 Steyr Model 1917 Glock 17
Glock 18
Glock 20
Browning Modèle 1900
Browning High-Power Model 1935 Browning Double-Action
CZ75
Tokagypt 58
Helwan
Chamelot-Delvigne 1874 Manhurhin MR73
MAB PA-15
Mauser Zig-Zag
Bochardt C/93
Bergmann 1896
Bergmann-Bayard M1910
Mauser C/12
Parabellum P’08 (Luger) Parabellum Artillery Model
Walther PPK
Mauser HSc
Walther P38
Heckler & Koch P9
Heckler & Koch P7
Walther P5
Webley Bulldog
Webley & Scott Self-Loading Pistol 1912 Mk 1
Webley & Scott Mk 6 Webley-Fosbery
Enfield .38
Fromer Model 1910
IMI Desert Eagle
Pistola Automatica Glisenti Modello 1910
Beretta Modello 1934
Beretta 81
Beretta Model 93R
Beretta Model 92SB
Meiji Revolver Meiji Revolver Nambu 14th Year
Radom wz.35
Unceta Victoria
Astra Model 400
Astra Falcon
Star 30M
SIG P-210
SIG-Sauer P-225
SIG-Sauer P-226
.32 Savage Model 1907
Colt New Service Revolver M1917 Colt M1911
.45in Colt Army Model 1917 Colt Police Positive
Colt Detective Special
Colt Python
Ruger Security Six
Ruger Redhawk
Smith & Wesson Double-Action Smith & Wesson ‘Hand Ejector’ Model 1917
Smith & Wesson Mk 22 Model 0 ‘Hush Puppy’
Smith & Wesson 459
Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum
Smith & Wesson 1006
Liberator
13mm MBA Gyrojet
Calico M950
Nagant M1895
Tula-Tokarev TT-33
Pistole Makarov
Stechkin
PSM

Submachine Guns

Austen MK1
Owen
Steyr MP69 Steyr MP69
Vigneron
FN P90 Personal Defence Weapon (PDW)
Samopal CZ Model 25
Samopal 62 ‘Skorpion’
Madsen M50
Suomi Model 31
Konepistooli M44
MAS 38
MAT 49
Bergmann MP18
Erma MPE
Erma MP58
MP38
MP40
Dux
Heckler & Koch MP5
Heckler & Koch MP5SD
Heckler & Koch MP5K
Lanchester
Sten Mk II
Sten Mk IIS
Sten Mk V
Patchett Mk 1
Sterling L2A1
Sterling L34A1
Uzi
Mini-Uzi
Pistole Mitragliatrice Vilar-Perosa M15
OVP
Beretta Model 1938/42
Beretta Model 12
Beretta SC70
Spectre
Type 100
BXP
Star SI35
Star Z70B
Carl Gustav M/45