Repeating and multi-fire weapons :: a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 /

"From the earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have been anxious to develop weapons with more firepower. This inevitably led a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of...

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1. Verfasser: Prenderghast, Gerald, 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:"From the earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have been anxious to develop weapons with more firepower. This inevitably led a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of repeating and multi-fire weapons"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476631103
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