The machine gun
The machine gun

Author: United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

Publisher:

Published: 1951

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Machine Gun: History, evolution and development of manually operated, full automatic, and power driven aircraft machine guns
The Machine Gun: History, evolution and development of manually operated, full automatic, and power driven aircraft machine guns

Author: George M. Chinn

Publisher:

Published: 1951

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13:

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"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.

The M60 Machine Gun
The M60 Machine Gun

Author: Kevin Dockery

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1849088454

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The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Repeating and Multi-Fire Weapons
Repeating and Multi-Fire Weapons

Author: Gerald Prenderghast

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-04-06

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1476666660

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From the very earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have wanted to develop weapons with more firepower. This has inevitably led to 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, beginning with the Chinese repeating crossbow in the 4th century BCE, and ending with the world's most common firearm, the Kalashnikov AK-47. The author describes the potency of the machine gun in World War I, the development of the semiautomatic pistol and the role of the submachine gun in improving the effectiveness of the infantryman.