Bibliograph

United States Infantry weapons of the Second World War, rare photographs from wartime archives, Michael Green

Type

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United States Infantry weapons of the Second World War, rare photographs from wartime archives, Michael Green

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

United States Infantry weapons of the Second World War

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Michael Green

Sub title

rare photographs from wartime archives

Summary

During the arduous campaigns in theatres of war from the Pacific to North West Europe, American infantry weapons played a key role in the eventual victory over the Axis forces. In so doing they earned a special reputation for ruggedness and reliability. In addition to being used by US ground forces they were widely adopted by other Allied nations. Expert author Michael Green puts the full range of small arms, be they rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, pistols, machine guns as well as mortars, anti-tank weapons and close infantry support artillery under the microscope. Many names such as the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) and the incomparable semi-automatic Garand will be well known whereas others (the Johnson Rifle and Reising SMG) are not. The typically informative text completes the wide range of photographic images

Target audience

adult

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