Product Description

Part of the "Brassey's Modern Military Equipment" series, this book looks at the range of high-tech infantry rifles available to today's armies - their design, development and capabilities - as well as the specialist sniper rifles, combat shotguns and other shoulder-fired weapons. The infantryman's best friend is his personal weapon - his rifle. Today's assault rifles, however, are worlds apart from the bulky single-shot weapons of World Wars I and II. The modern assault rifle is light, fast-handling and unleashes a hail of automatic fire at the tough of a trigger. John A. Norris is the author of "Anti-Tank Weapons" and co-author (with Will Fowler) of "Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1312049 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 117 pages

Customer Reviews

Interesting but basic
This book can withstand several readings and has some interesting authors photographs, but wasn't the all encompassing read I was expecting.New readers to the subject matter will benefit but it is showing its age,I.e the discussion on the British Armys SA80 which has since gone through major revisions.