All the guns examined in this new paperback edition of Machine Guns of World War 1 belong to the class known as "automatic" and seven classic World War 1 weapons are illustrated in some 250 color photographs. Detailed sequences shows them in close-up: during step-by-step field stripping, and during handling, loading and live firing trials with ball ammunition, by gunners wearing period uniforms to put these historic guns in their visual context. These fascinating photographs are accompanied by concise, illustrated accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background. The reader will learn exactly what it looked like, sounded like and felt like to crew the German, British and French machine guns which dominated the battlefields of the Western Front in 1914-18, and which changed infantry tactics forever.
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"A very valuable contribution to the study of the Great War." Tank Journal "Robert Bruce has produced a fantastic combination of highly detailed text, constructional and background information, together with realist live firing sequences. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in the weapons, uniforms and equipment from this period." The Armourer
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All the guns examined in this new paperback edition of Machine Guns of World War 1 belong to the class known as "automatic" and seven classic World War 1 weapons are illustrated in some 250 color photographs. Detailed sequences shows them in close-up: during step-by-step field stripping, and during handling, loading and live firing trials with ball ammunition, by gunners wearing period uniforms to put these historic guns in their visual context. These fascinating photographs are accompanied by concise, illustrated accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background. The reader will learn exactly what it looked like, sounded like and felt like to crew the German, British and French machine guns which dominated the battlefields of the Western Front in 1914-18, and which changed infantry tactics forever.
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Good book on Macine guns,
This review is from: Machine Guns of World War I: Live Firing Classic Military Weapons in Colour Photographs (Paperback)
World War I is not as popular a subject like World War II. Machine guns played an important if gruesome role in World War I, bayonet charges were suicide since it was easy for a single heavy machine gunner to mow down an entire advancing company. this book covers all the most used machine guns from heavy machine guns to light Machine guns.
It shows there workings and how they were used it also covers sub machine guns like the bergman 18. A must have for anyone interested in World War I
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All the guns examined here belong to the class known as "automatic": i.e. they are capable of mechanically reloading themselves through the action of firing, and will continue shooting uninterrupted as long as the trigger is held and ammunition is fed into the action. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
muzzle booster, sled mount, striker post, fusee spring, recoil blocks, recoiling parts, elevating handwheel, feed block, cocking handle, barrel shroud, machine rifle, barrel jacket, feed strips, beaten zone, strip layout, location assistant, flash hider, chambered cartridge, barrel extension, recoil spring, driving spring, feed cover, ejection port, propellant gas, locking lugs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Great War, Western Front, Charles Erb, British Army, Credits Gun, German Army, John Exley, Sights Post, Hiram Maxim, Machine Gun Corps, Browning Automatic Rifle, Selector None, The Battles of the Somme, Ammunition Ball, Hugo Schmeisser, Philip Gibbs, Falls Church, Hotchkiss Mle, The Devil's Paintbrush, Infantry Division, Lebel Mle, Mike Knapp, National Capitol Historical Sales, French Chauchat Browse Sample Pages:
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All the guns examined here belong to the class known as "automatic": i.e. they are capable of mechanically reloading themselves through the action of firing, and will continue shooting uninterrupted as long as the trigger is held and ammunition is fed into the action. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
muzzle booster, sled mount, striker post, fusee spring, recoil blocks, recoiling parts, elevating handwheel, feed block, cocking handle, barrel shroud, machine rifle, barrel jacket, feed strips, beaten zone, strip layout, location assistant, flash hider, chambered cartridge, barrel extension, recoil spring, driving spring, feed cover, ejection port, propellant gas, locking lugs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Great War, Western Front, Charles Erb, British Army, Credits Gun, German Army, John Exley, Sights Post, Hiram Maxim, Machine Gun Corps, Browning Automatic Rifle, Selector None, The Battles of the Somme, Ammunition Ball, Hugo Schmeisser, Philip Gibbs, Falls Church, Hotchkiss Mle, The Devil's Paintbrush, Infantry Division, Lebel Mle, Mike Knapp, National Capitol Historical Sales, French Chauchat Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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