The gun/ C.J. Chivers.

By: Chivers, C. JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010Description: 481 p., 14 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780743270762; 0743270762Subject(s): War -- History | Machine guns -- Technological innovations -- History | Firearms -- Technological innovations -- HistoryDDC classification: 623.4424
Contents:
Origins. The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- Invention and distribution. Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : the mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle -- A note about the M16 series of rifles in 2010.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins. The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- Invention and distribution. Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : the mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle -- A note about the M16 series of rifles in 2010.

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