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Military History - Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Comprehensive studies of swords, daggers & other edged weapons, small infantry weapons, personal firearms, personal equipment & accoutrements, used by fighting men throughout the centuries

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WEAPONS OF THE BRITISH SOLDIER
by Colonel H C B Rogers OBE

An examination of the personal weapons of the British Soldier from the Medieval period to post WWII.

1968, Seeley Service, , ,< L-03>,259pp, col plate, 24 b/w plates, 48 drawings, index, very good in a worn dw, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 839-02..............................£12.00 

WEAPONS OF THE BRITISH SOLDIER
by Colonel H C B Rogers OBE

An examination of the personal weapons of the British Soldier from the Medieval period to post WWII. 1960 first edition

1960, Seeley Service, , ,< L-03>,259pp, col plate, 24 b/w plates, 48 drawings, index, vg in a rubbed and spine-faded dw, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 839-01..............................£10.00 

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GUNS AND SMALL ARMS
by Joseph G Rosa and Robin May

Chapters include Matchlocks, Wheel-locks, Flintlocks, Percussion locks, Rifles, Revolvers, Sporting guns and rapid fire weapons.

1978, Cathay, , 090464460X,< L-03>,Large Format 96pp illustrations, Faded spine, illustrated boards vg, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 1914-01..............................£7.00 

CUSTOM BUILT RIFLES
by R F Simmons

Second revised edition. A study of "custom built rifles". Chapters include: Made to Order, Barrels, Rifle Actions for Conversion, Specialities and Innovations, and Stock Wood.

1955, Stackpole, , ,< L-03>,346pp, 60 illustrations, No d/w. very good., ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 18155-01..............................£10.00 

MACHINE GUNS
by Jim Thompson

A pictorial, practical and tactical history of the machine gun. The author provides a vast range of information from WWI to 1989 with authoritative text and detailed illustrations of hundreds of different models, types and variants from Britain, USA, the USSR, Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, China and Japan.

1989, Greenhill Books, , 1853670553,< L-03>,Large format, 228pp, 269 photos , Fine in d/w, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 3872-02..............................£8.00 

WORLD WAR II SMALL ARMS
by John Weeks

This illustrated study includes anti-tank rifles, machine-guns, rifles, pistols, and other weapons of the German, Italian, Japanese, British, French, Soviet and US Armed Forces of the Second World War.

1979, , , 0856130885,< L-03>,144pp, 80 col & 30 b/w photos, 70 drawings, large format, Good no d/w, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 23087-02..............................£5.00 

ARMS AND ARMOUR
by Frederick Wilkinson

Body armour and weapons of the fighting man from the ancients to the 20th century. The development of weapons from the earliest stone hand-axes, swords, daggers and lances to the automatic weapons of today. With separate section on weapons and armour of the Third World.

1978, Hamlyn, 1st edition, 0600303594,< L-03>,156pp, 80 full-colour and 140 b/w illustrations, index, large format, vg in ragged dw, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 14753-02..............................£8.00 

EARLY PERCUSSION FIREARMS
by Lewis Winant

A history of early percussion firearms from Forsyth to the Winchester .44/40. Alexander Forsyth was the first to conceive the idea of igniting gunpowder by means of striking a priming fulminate mixture. The author traces Forsyth's development of his scent-bottle model through to sliding locks. He moves on to Pauly and his breech loader, and goes on to describe punch-locks, muzzle and breech-loading cap guns, tape, disc and cap magazine guns.

1970, Spring Books, , 060033015X,< L-03>,190pp illustrations diagrams, vg in good dw, ,
Subject...Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements
Web No. 28079-02..............................£15.00 

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