Small Arms: Pistols and Rifles (Greenhill Military Manuals) [Hardcover]

Ian V. Hogg (Author), Ray Hutchins (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Greenhill Military Manuals | Publication Date: April 1994

This handy reference guide, by the leading small arms author, provides descriptions, technical specifications and illustrations of 75 of the most important pistols and rifles, including the Heckler & Koch USP/SOCOM pistols, the FN Five-seven 5.7mm pistol, the Heckler & Koch G36 rifle and much more.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

New edition -revised and updated- of the compact guide to military small arms. Includes technical data and development histories for each weapon --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Ian V. Hogg, a former editor of Jane's Infantry Weapons, is a respected authority on all aspects of weaponry and is the author of numerous books including The Greenhill Military Small Arms Data Book (1-85367-360-9) and The Greenhill Armoured Fighting Vehicles Data Book (1-85367-391-9). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Greenhill Books (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853671754
• ISBN-13: 978-1853671753
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,734,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Basic Reference, October 18, 2001

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evazerone (Buena Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Small Arms: Pistols and Rifles (Greenhill Military Manuals) (Hardcover)

An interesting reference guide for a few of the world's popular firearms. Unfortunately, the nice hardcover spoils what essentially is just a "flip-book" of sorts. Not much meat in the background and current usage on each, but it appears as if the majority of the description lies in the detailing of the gun's internal operation and its development. In my opinion, I feel that same space could be put to better to use for a reference book of this type: I'm not trying to build the gun, I want to know about it in its real-world standpoint! Pictures are also seriously lacking; only two plain pictures and one internal diagram for most. Perhaps I am being little harsh, so I'm giving it 4 points, just to be fair.

My bottom line: Buy this book if you want to start a reference collection or if you really have nothing else to buy. A good read, but there are clearly others better out there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My first "greenhill military manuals" book., September 8, 2003

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"gunman1669" (Ghaxaq, Malta.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Small Arms: Pistols and Rifles (Greenhill Military Manuals) (Hardcover)

First of all I am a real enthusiast of weapons, this is one of my six-greenhill military manuals. It is a very interesting book that reads very well and the author likes to keep it general. It covers a lot of military weapons from revolvers, pistols and assault rifles. I recommend this book to those who like to know information about general weapons.

And if your not a weapons freak!!, don't do my error of buying a book titled (modern military rifles, Greenhill military manuals) because it's information is likely the same as this book except for handguns. Overall I am very happy with my Greenhill Military Manuals.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, January 13, 2009

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DJ Daddy (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Small Arms: Pistols and Rifles (Greenhill Military Manuals) (Hardcover)

This book is perfect if you like rifles, pistols, and revolvers. This book doesn't have submachine guns though they have military rifles. There is another volume for submachine guns. If you want it all, get the most recent Jane's edition.