Weapons category: 1025 books
by Leroy Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Influenced by the German MP 40 and the British Sten, the .45-caliber M3 "Grease Gun†? served as the primary US submachine gun for almost a half-century. Designed to replace the expensive Thompson SMG, the M3 was issued to airborne troops and others during World War II thanks to its compact...
Drones
An Illustrated Guide to the Unmanned Aircraft that are Filling our Skies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Little more than ten years ago drones were barely used, but now more than 50 countries have them in service and they are not only changing how wars are fought but how crops are sprayed, how underwater pipelines are monitored and even how sports events are filmed. If it’s too risky to send a manned...
by Dan Shideler
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Since 1944, Gun Digest has been regarded as the shooter's No. 1 resource. The 2012 edition continues the tradition of bringing you more of everything that firearms fanatics crave!
Features in-depth articles about the world's most fascinating guns, testfire reports on the latest models, insights...
by Kevin Muramatsu
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
This short eBook teaches you how to take apart and reassemble your U.S. Springfield 1922 M2 with confidence. Thanks to clear Assembly/Disassembly instructions and crisp photography - aided by gun expert J.B. Wood's sage advice - you'll save an expensive trip to the gunsmith by getting to know your gun inside and out!
Accurate as an American Sniper – US Military Handbooks
Improve Your Marksmanship & Field Techniques: Combat Fire Methods, Night Fire Training, Moving Target Engagement, Short-Range Marksmanship Training, Camouflage, Movement & Position Selection...
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
The sniper has special abilities, training and equipment. His job is to deliver highly accurate rifle fire against targets, which cannot be engaged successfully by the regular rifleman because of range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility. This e-book provides information needed to become...
by Neil Wayne, Alexander Weygers
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
This book teaches the artist and craftsman how to make his own tools: how to design, sharpen, and temper them. “Complete Modern Blacksmith” is a comprehensive guide for everyone – from beginner to master craftsman. Accompanied by dozens of hand drawn illustrations, you will learn how much space...
by Jeremy Black
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
In this engaging book, Jeremy Black argues that technology neither acts as an independent variable nor operates without major limitations. This includes its capacity to obtain end results, as technology’s impact is far from simple and its pathways are by no means clear. After considering such key...
Engineering the Revolution
Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Engineering the Revolution documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the “technological life.” Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history of the eighteenth century as the total history...
Medieval Warrior Cultures of Europe and Japan
Body, Mind, Sword
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
There are simularities and differences between the European and Japanese medieval warrior traditions that reflect the social evolutions within those cultures. Over the years publishing the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, we published articles that presented the main...
Greening the Red, White, and Blue
The Bomb, Big Business, and Consumer Resistance in Postwar America
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
In popular imagination, environmentalism is often linked to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the political activism of the 1960s and '70s that moved increasing numbers of Americans to insist on a better quality of life-open spaces, clean air and water, beautification campaigns. But these interpretations...
Socket Bayonets
A History and Collector's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
The bayonet was originally developed in the seventeenth century in its early ‘plug’ form, probably as a hunting ancillary. From this starting point it became a military success, helping to abolish the pike as a British army weapon. Innovative technologies were used to allow both bayonet and musket...
Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives
A Complete Guide to Hunting Knives Survival Knives Folding Knives Skinning Knives Sharpeners and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
The new Shooter’s Bible Guide to Knives sets the standard for comprehensive publications by carrying on the Shooter’s Bible tradition of bringing together more products and information than any other source. With photographs and descriptions of more than 400 knives, readers are treated to product...
by Richard A. Mann
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Welcome to the world of the AR-15!
Without a doubt, the AR-15 and AR-10 rifles are two of America's most popular semi-auto long guns. Every day, new shooters are exploring these durable, reliable, and accurate rifles and finding new and fun ways to use them. Now, in the Gun Digest Shooter's...
by Patrick Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
Author Patrick Sweeney leads readers through Smith & Wesson's dizzying array of handgun models and options. From plinking revolvers to the new .500 S&W hand cannon, Sweeney reviews S&W models inside and out for performance, function and versatility, letting the reader known which models...