The Lewis Gun

by Neil Grant

Book Overview

As a lightweight machine gun, the American designed Lewis Gun made a place for itself in World War I & World War II.

Although machine guns were widely issued and used during the bloody opening months of World War I, these deadly weapons proved to be too heavy to be tactically mobile. Casting around for existing designs to supplement inadequate stocks of the excellent Vickers gun, the British adopted the US-designed Lewis gun, which had not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782007911
• ISBN13: 9781782007913
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.6"