The new encylopedia of handguns & small arms
Chant, Christopher1995
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A history of hand-guns and small arms which follows the development of the hand weapon, via the invention of the percussion cap in the 1830s and the smokeless nitrocellulose propellents in the 1970s. It looks to future weapons such as the "bullpup" design and caseless ammunition.
Main title:
The new encylopedia of handguns & small arms / Christopher Chant.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Prion, 1995.
Collation:
216 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Multimedia Books?, 1986.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781853751868
Dewey class:
683.4
Language:
English
BRN:
391556