Assault Rifle [Hardcover] Popenker, Maxim

Maxim Popenker; Anthony G. Williams

ISBN 10: 1861267002 / ISBN 13: 9781861267009

Published by Crowood Press, 2005

About this Item

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Pages clean, crisp, unmarked. Cover and Jacket have light wear, with small dent upper back edge of cover. Shipped promptly with Tracking. MISC5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assault Rifle [Hardcover] Popenker, Maxim
• Publisher: Crowood Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861267002
• ISBN 13: 9781861267009
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 29 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Assault Rifle provides a comprehensive account of the development of the military assault rifle and its ammunition from WW2 to the present day. The book is in two parts. The first part includes: Brief historical summary of the assault rifle, its origins and development; Gun design including operating mechanisms and weapon configuration; Ammunition design and performance; Ballistics, especially the balance between recoil and effectiveness; History of assault rifle cartridge. The second part includes: National military rifle programs since the end of WW2; History of developments in each country including experimental programs; Detailed descriptions of the principal service and experimental weapons.

About the Author

Maxim Popenker was born in Leningrad, graduated from St Petersburg State Technical University and is a lieutenant [reserve] in the Russian Armed Forces. He is an established author of books and magazines and online articles on the subject of firearms. He is the owner and author of a leading Internet resource on small arms, the 'Modern Firearms and Ammunition' website at www.worldguns.ru. Maxim has a long-term interest in the history and technical aspects of firearms, especially those of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.