THE SCHMEISSER MYTH: GERMAN SUBMACHINE GUNS THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS - SPECIAL $10 OFF

Helebrant, Martin

ISBN 10: 0889355878 / ISBN 13: 9780889355873

Edité par Collector Grade Publications, 2016

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402 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Large volume. Of the plethora of submachine guns developed in Germany before 1945, most if not all of which are covered herein, the most popular by far have been the M.P. 38 and MP d40 series, collectively known to all and sundry as "Schmeissers." The book begins with a brief history of the technological and strategical developments which led to the first "machine guns", and the adoption during WWI of Infiltration tactics as a means of surmounting the stagnation of trench warfare. The elite storm troopers who spearheaded these audacious forays into No Man's Land were soon clamoring for portable rapid-fire weaponry capable of effective and decisive close-range striking power and a new class of military small arm which had not previously existed was the result, beginning with the Italian Villar-Perosa. Several early German developments culminated in the adoption of the Bergmann M.P. 18,I in 1918. The new term "submachine gun", coined in America, soon came to denote any light, portable pistol-caliber automatic weapon of the type called a Maschinnenpistole in Germany. The vindictive Treaty of Versailles, which has been called the first step toward WWII, imposed severe restrictions on the Interwar German military. In spite of this, numerous new submachine guns were designed and produced in Germany and as the book shows, many of these were used alongside M.P.38s and MP40s right through WWII. The M.P.38 was adopted in 1938 and was superseded by a somewhat simpler version called the MP40 in 1940. The MP40 was manufactured in five variations by three firms - ERMA, Haenel, and Steyr - until 1944, when it was phased out in favor of the Italian Beretta SMG and the MP44. Much valuable material is also included from advanced European collections on original accessories and ancillaries, and the book concludes with an exhaustive Index. Language: eng Language: eng.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE SCHMEISSER MYTH: GERMAN SUBMACHINE GUNS THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS - SPECIAL $10 OFF
• Éditeur: Collector Grade Publications
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0889355878
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780889355873
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • MILITARY
  • GUNS FIREARMS SHOOTING
  • GUNMAKERS ARMS MAKERS