Firearms

The book tells in detail and in an accessible form about the main types of firearms from the moment of its appearance to the present day. In addition to the history of the development of combat and hunting weapons, you can learn about various ways of decorating it here. As well as about unusual or combined samples that combine the properties of both various types of weapons and objects that are far from it, such as a blackberry gun or other with the development of industrial mass production in the middle of the XIX century. Decorations, with the exception of single samples, completely disappear from military weapons. It would seem that everything becomes stamped-one-like. Nevertheless, some names and stamps acquire directly historical significance. It is impossible to imagine the development of the Far West of the United States without “Colt” and “Winchester”, and the story of the 20th century without “Maxim”, “Mauser”, “Kalashnikov”. Having lost its gilding and thin carvings, many samples of modern firearms are often more famous and known …

Editor
Aksenova M.
Publisher
Avant+, 2010
Series
The most beautiful and famous