Guns of the Elite: Special Forces Firearms, 1940 to the Present

by George Markham

Book Overview

A ?gun of the elite' is defined in either or both of two ways: that it influenced military history in such a way that specialized units were formed to use it, or that the prior existence of specialist units made the distribution of particular guns inevitable. Contents: prelude to the modern era; World War II; post-war developments; state of the art; the weapons; handguns; submachine-guns; rifles; sniper rifles; sniper sights; machine-guns; support...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854091980
• ISBN13: 9781854091987
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"