From the musket to the modern machine gun: background and developments in the mirror of tactics and firepower. The development of the infantry is described, single-shot and repeating rifles, machine guns from 1905 to 1945, submachine guns and assault rifles from 1918 to 1945, infantry weapons of the Cold War and the weapons of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The last chapter is devoted to the infantry weapons of the future.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Title
Visier Special Nr. 31: Waffen der Infanterie Einst & Jetzt
Details
Paperback, many exclusively colour illustrations, large format. 114 pages.