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Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: ABC-CLIOСерия: Weapons & WarfareАвтор(ы): Jeff KinardЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2003Количество страниц: 410ISBN: 1-85109-475-XФормат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 1.83 mb RapidIfolder 85 The development of the pistol helped bring the age of the armored knight to an end, provided the elite with a status symbol of dangerous glamour, and inspired both artisans and industrialists to reach new heights of invention.Pistols follows the evolution of personal sidearms in Europe, the United States, and Asia from medieval-era'hand cannons'with their clunky ignition systems, to the revolutionary Colt revolvers of the 19th century, to the modern semiautomatic weapons of today.Full of fascinating insights and details, this work shows how pistols brought about the decline of knights in armor, and ultimately replaced the sword on the battlefield. The book also explores the pistol's astonishing'democratization'as it moved from being a luxury item of the nobility, to standard issue for soldiers, to a mass-produced commodity and source of intensive corporate competition. Along the way, readers meet the many colorful characters (often eccentric geniuses) who devoted themselves to pistol development. Pistols follows the evolution of personal sidearms in Europe, the United States, and Asia from medieval-era "hand cannons" with their clunky ignition systems, to the revolutionary Colt revolvers of the 19th century, to the modern semiautomatic weapons of today.Full of fascinating insights and details, this work shows how pistols brought about the decline of knights in armor, and ultimately replaced the sword on the battlefield. The book also explores the pistol's astonishing "democratization" as it moved from being a luxury item of the nobility, to standard issue for soldiers, to a mass-produced commodity and source of intensive corporate competition. Along the way, readers meet the many colorful characters (often eccentric geniuses who devoted themselves to pistol development. CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE SERIES......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10 CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 14 CHAPTER 2 The Match, the Wheel, the Flint, and Steel......Page 18 CHAPTER 3 The Percussion System......Page 62 CHAPTER 4 The Metallic Cartridge and the Modern Revolver......Page 118 CHAPTER 5 The Semiautomatic Pistol......Page 184 CHAPTER 6 Post–World War II Developments......Page 268 INDIVIDUAL PISTOL MODELS......Page 296 EARLY PISTOLS......Page 306 PERCUSSION PISTOLS......Page 312 CARTRIDGE REVOLVERS......Page 320 SEMIAUTOMATICS......Page 334 GLOSSARY......Page 388 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 394 INDEX......Page 396 A comprehensive history of the pistol, covering its technological development and its impact on warfare and society. The development of the pistol helped bring the age of the armored knight to an end, provided the elite with a status symbol of dangerous glamour, and inspired both artisans and industrialists to reach new heights of invention. This is a comprehensive history of the pistol, covering its technological development and its impact on warfare and society. It provides complete technical details of examples of pistols from the first working models to the present and includes in-depth coverage of the three major pistol designs