Browning .50-Caliber Machine Guns - Couverture souple

Rottman, Gordon L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849083304 ISBN 13 : 9781849083300

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Browning 50-cal has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory.

The fifty has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater.

Featuring illustrations, this is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille. His interests include karate, running, Bible reading, history, and making English longbows.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849083304
• ISBN 13: 9781849083300
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Gilliland Alan, Shumate Johnny
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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