Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact (Weapons and Warfare Series)

Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: ABC-CLIOСерия: Weapons & WarfareАвтор(ы): James H. WillbanksЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2004Количество страниц: 284ISBN: 1-85109-485-7Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 1.58 mb RapidIfolder 85 MACHINE GUNS......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE SERIES......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14 CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Search for Firepower......Page 18 CHAPTER 2 Organ Batteries and Mechanical Machine Guns......Page 38 CHAPTER 3 The Maxim Guns......Page 62 CHAPTER 4 Machine Guns During World War I......Page 80 CHAPTER 5 The Development of the Submachine Gun......Page 94 CHAPTER 6 Preparing for the Next Round......Page 112 CHAPTER 7 Machine Guns in World War II......Page 130 CHAPTER 8 The Cold War and the Future......Page 142 INDIVIDUAL MACHINE GUN MODELS......Page 166 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1700S AND 1800S......Page 168 MACHINE GUN MODELS EARLY 1900S......Page 178 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1930s......Page 202 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1940s......Page 218 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1950s......Page 228 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1960S......Page 238 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1970s......Page 248 MACHINE GUN MODELS 1980s AND AFTER......Page 256 GLOSSARY......Page 266 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 272 INDEX......Page 276 The machine gun—often called the killing machine—revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever.This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of small arms technology and the impact of machine guns on the battlefield, on military strategy, and on human society.This book discusses subjects ranging from the forerunners of mechanical and automatic guns, to the unusual history of the Civil War-era Gatling gun (the first practical machine gun, not used by the Union army because Gatling was a Southerner), to the machine guns developed for the world wars and those for present day use. Readers will see how the advent of the machine gun revolutionized ground combat—and how in some instances, technology outran tactics and doctrines, with disastrous consequences. This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of small arms technology and the impact of machine guns on the battlefield, on military strategy, and on human society.This book discusses subjects ranging from the forerunners of mechanical and automatic guns, to the unusual history of the Civil War-era Gatling gun (the first practical machine gun, not used by the Union army because Gatling was a Southerner, to the machine guns developed for the world wars and those for present day use. Readers will see how the advent of the machine gun revolutionized ground combatoand how in some instances, technology outran tactics and doctrines, with disastrous consequences. This is a look at the history of the machine gun and how it revolutionized modern ground combat. It provides technical details on all significant models of machine guns from their introduction in the late 1800s to the present and includes a list of machine guns in chronological order James H. Willbanks. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 255-258) And Index.