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"For concise coverage of assault rifles right up tot he 2004 date of publication, this is an excellent book. It would be difficult to better it. Students of small arms, military historians, arms designers, and others desiring information on the latest in assault rifle design should find this a valuable reference volume."
"For concise coverage of assault rifles right up tot he 2004 date of publication, this is an excellent book. It would be difficult to better it. Students of small arms, military historians, arms designers, and others desiring information on the latest in assault rifle design should find this a valuable reference volume."
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Possibly the only assault weapons book you will ever need!,
This review is from: Assault Rifle: The Development of the Modern Military Rifle and Its Ammunition (Hardcover)
Knowing the authors work with the comprehensive russian guns website, I expected just as high quality from his first book, and I got it.Containing comprehensive sections on ammunition development, assault rifle design/ballistics and the varying weapons themselves. The previous two sections suprised me greatly, expecting just individual specs for each countries rifles the ammunition and design sections are a real gem. Ammunition covers not only the development of the current NATO calibres but also exotic ammunition (such as caseless ammo) and other experimental ammunitions such as the new remington 6.8 SPC round. The design section discusses the benefits of the main rifle layouts (bullpup and traditional) and goes into great detail breaking down the assault rifle to look at mechanisms, ballistics and the various sections. The second half of the book is what most readers will be interested in, the weapons and it does not disappoint. Drawing on the authors work done on the website and further expanding on the weapon histories and desciptions this is a definitive guide to the assault rifles available in the world today. Having read (the frankly flawed) latest edition of Janes and a variety of other sources on Assault rifles, I have to say this is the best list so far. The section on USSR weapons in particular is excellent, even bettering certain books specifically dedicated to looking at AK and russian assault rifle variants. If there is any gripe about the book at all it is the lack of colour printed photos, however this is only a minor point. In conclusion a brilliant read and essential to any assault weapon enthusiast.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A good reference, but not perfect ...,
This review is from: Assault Rifle: The Development of the Modern Military Rifle and Its Ammunition (Hardcover)
Anyone who has played first-person shooters on the PC like myself will already know their MP5s from their Steyr AUGs, and if you're anything like me you will wonder how they work. How can something so powerful run without batteries or any kind of fuel? How does the complex mechanism work? How can they be taken into hostile environments with the minimum of maintenance and still operate reliably?
I don't own a firearm myself and frankly have interest in owning one, and if you're looking for a practical guide to operating firearms then this book is not for you. This is a theoretical work about design and history, though if you want to find out a little about the background of assault rifles and how they operate, then this is a superb introduction. I approached the text knowing very little about assault rifles, their mechanisms and their history. I was surprised to find that the historical development of the assault rifle depended almost entirely upon something I would have thought largely insignificant - the ammunition it fires. NATO assault rifles work off of an American-backed standard calibre, and in the text it makes plain that the American calibre was actually an inferior choice compared to the British proposal. American commercial interests essentially led to the take-up of the inferior ammunition, and one wonders how much better NATO assault rifles would have been had politics not got in the way. The book begins by giving a history of the assault rifle, and equally as important, its ammunition. It does go into a little detail about the mechanisms used for assault rifles, but frankly, the illustrations in this area are very poor. Text alone is unlikely to give you a feel for the complex mechanisms used, and the confusing illustrations do not shed any light. The second part of the book is then taken up with describing individual firearms. Now, normally I find this kind of thing dull: after all, some of these weapons are very obscure and I defy anyone to display interest in some of the less well-known and unfamiliar rifles. However, the author does his best to avoid making the text repetitive, and you can dip into it now and again and learn something of interest if you so desire. To summarize, this book is very informative, but let down by a second half that is rather dull. The first part is an excellent section of the history and mechanisms/ammunition of the assault rifle, let down by the occasional poor illustration. The second part of the book, consisting of an almost encyclopaedic run through of every assault rifle known to man, is largely dull and unnecessary, and looks suspiciously like 'filler'. I wouldn't be surprised if the second half took longer to research and write, however, and if you do need a reference guide then this is about as good as it gets. I would have been happier had more time been spent on the mechanisms and science of the rifle, and less time making an anal list. But that's just my opinion, and I am aware some people love that kind of thing. Recommended, but with reservations ...
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This review is from: Assault Rifle: The Development of the Modern Military Rifle and Its Ammunition (Hardcover)
Assault Rifle, by Anthony G. Williams and Maxim Popenker, is head and shoulders the best resource out there for anyone who's interested in or needs to know more about assault rifles. Much attention is given to the development of assault rifle ammunition, an understanding of which is essential to understanding the assault rifle and its role. This is an excellent book, with no gee whiz--just solid, well thought out information. Alex Doster
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