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Ak-47 (Weapons of War S.)

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As a reference to research the communist block nations' weapon of choice, I advice to look at other publications. This needs more picts instead of leaving it to readers to use their imagination on what a particular model of AK must look like if author simply says "...similar in appearance to..." However, the history of how it was developed was well covered.

This book does actually cover several different topics concerning the AK-47/AKM, but it doesn't cover any of them too deeply. The colored pictures don't really have a quality beyond "neat" and the book has a more than usual share of spelling/punctuation errors.

If you're looking for just a cursory overview of AK-47/AKM history, application, and modification, this book is more or less satisfactory, but those looking for more depth are going to be wishing this book had more meat to it.

Dr. McNab's work does a most admirable job of covering the history and evolution of this ubiquitous firearm. The book includes a great deal of technical detail differentiating the variety of weapons that have derived from Kalashnikov's early designs. The photo illustrations do an effective job of documenting the extent to which the AK47 and its derivatives have been adopted by fighting forces across the globe. Finally, the accessible style and readability of this work must rank it among the more valuable and useful references in any library.

The Ak47 by Chris McNab is a good book to read in a afternoon. Good info. about the Ak47 and its history. So get a copy and enjoy!

I bought this book expecting to learn more details on the design and development of this rifle and to have a reference work to show some examples of this design. OK, it fills that bill for the average enthusiast.

But I found the slightly politicized content, the less than acceptable technical descriptions, and a few mistakes (I count no less than six reversed photographs!) to make the overall book a below par experience.

A technical book like this should have had a competent technical editor. I see no evidence of this.