Author: Ian V. Hogg
Publisher: MBI Publishing, Feb 2001
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-85367-448-6
Synopsis
Compact & authoritative guide to the world's submachine guns. Gun-by-gun directory identifying individual variants & types. Includes technical data & background details. 150 illus; 8x6 inches, 144 pgs.
More Information
This new handbook is an authoritative guide, by a leading weapons expert, to the world's most important submachine guns, from the Bergmann Musquete and Tommy gun of the 1920s to the innovative modern P90 Personal Defense Weapon. Born in World War I, the submachine gun came to maturity in World War II in the hands of Commandos, Rangers, Panzer-Grenadiers and Soviet Tank Riders. After the war these weapons were replaced by more efficient designs, epitomised by the Israeli Uzi and the German MP5, but at the same time the military adoption of short assault rifles turned the submachine gun into a weapon for police security and counter-terrorist forces.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ian V. Hogg, a former editor of Jane's, is a respected authority on all aspects of weaponry.
