Featuring small arms that have been used in every conflict since 1900, and various shooting sports from hunting to competitive target shooting, this is a fabulous directory covering approximately 200 firearms and variants. The guns include pistols and revolvers, military and sporting rifles and shotguns, sub-machine guns, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns.
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• Covers approximately 200 military and sporting firearms from around the world, many of them famous and many less well-known and unusual.
• Straightforward directory arrangement, making it easy for the reader to dip into.
• Joins a growing range of fact-packed, handy-sized, internationally successful directories.
About the Author
David Miller is a former officer in the British armed forces, who served in the Falklands campaign, Germany, Netherlands, Malaysia and Singapore. His works for CG Enterprises include The History of Browning Firearms, The Illustrated Directory of Guns, and Fighting Men of WWII: Axis and Allied Forces.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A scattering of errors and typos but still great,
By Rob Banzai (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns (Paperback)
This book rises above two problems: errors/typos and terrible binding. It's a fat little book with very short pages so it's difficult to open it wide enough to read easily.
And you're going to want to open it wide because they pack alot of info in there. The book is broken down by weapon type (pistol, rifle, light machine-gun, etc.) and you will find most of the well known weapons in here with plenty of weird one-offs and forgotten ancestors. The basic info for each gun is mostly complete and the text and photo is generally well-done. The typos are frequent enough to annoy and there are some obvious errors including the wrong weapon description being used for one entry. Still a very good addition to a basic library on firearms because few are as comprehensive and feature so many good photographs.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Buy!,
By "waylay007" (Collierville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns (Paperback)
This is great book considering its price. It is almost identical to the Jane's Gun Recognition Guide except it is cheaper and doesn't contain as many errors. It has any gun from the year 1900 to the present. I did have trouble finding the SA80. I thought it would have it considering there is a picture of one on the back. But still, this book is a great buy for people who are looking for a good book that contains lots of information on weapons.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Proof Read your book,
By Joseph S. (GA) - See all my reviews
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I like this book. Its compact yet informative. For some reason it also has a lot of target Pistols. Maybe they were looking for fillers. Thats ok. Its informative. The greatest Error is on page 206 - 207 about the AR-18. You don't have to be a gun nut to figure out the AR-18 is not a 12 gauge, etc. Good book, Good photos, Good descriptions. Just proof read.
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The 20th Century saw the development of many pistol and revolver designs, some of which were produced in vast numbers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, United States, Germany Length, British Army, Italy Length, Russia Length, German Army, Belgium Length, Japan Length, Fabrique Nationale, Czech Republic Length, France Length, Spain Length, Switzerland Length, Beretta Model, Great Britain, South African, Colt Model, Japanese Army, Wesson Model, West German, Browning Model, French Army, Italian Army, Long Colt New!
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The 20th Century saw the development of many pistol and revolver designs, some of which were produced in vast numbers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, United States, Germany Length, British Army, Italy Length, Russia Length, German Army, Belgium Length, Japan Length, Fabrique Nationale, Czech Republic Length, France Length, Spain Length, Switzerland Length, Beretta Model, Great Britain, South African, Colt Model, Japanese Army, Wesson Model, West German, Browning Model, French Army, Italian Army, Long Colt New!
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- The Middle East (Sociology of Development Societies) by Talal Asad on page 319, and page 355
- The Cold War (Cambridge Perspectives in History) by Mike Sewell on page 90
- The Czech Republic by David Short on page 19
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