World Famous Guns: Machine Guns

Author: Ford
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book details the development history of machine guns from the 1860s to the present. From the 1860s to the 1880s, Gatling, Gardner, and Nordenfelt developed manually operated machine guns, marking a new chapter in the history of army weapon development. The machine guns detailed in this book include: manually operated machine guns; true machine guns; light machine guns; submachine guns; modern machine guns. It uses numerous illustrations to demonstrate the working principles of machine guns and provides a comprehensive description of each type, making it a valuable read for gun enthusiasts and military historians.