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Kalashnikov AK-47 Assault Rifle by Gordon L. Rottman
39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon
The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an esti ...Show more
Mauser Military Rifles by Neil Grant; Peter Dennis (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and primary sources regarding their mechanical performance, this fully illustrated study charts the Mauser's origins, combat record and lasting influence. It ...Show more
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction by John Austin
24.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Mini Weapons os Mass Destruction
We've come a long way from the Peashooter Era: with the advent of modern household products and office supplies - foldback clips, clothespins, rubber bands, ballpoint pens, toothpicks, paper clips and plastic utensils - the everyday junk drawer can hold all the materials needed to create pocket-sized we ...Show more
The Arisaka Rifle by Bill Harriman; Peter Dennis (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Issued in long and short versions - the latter for cavalry and specialists - the Type 30 was the first main Ar ...Show more
The FN MAG Machine Gun - M240, L7, and Other Variants by Chris McNab; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
For six decades, the 7.62mm FN MAG has been a dominant general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) in worldwide arsenals. Three qualities have guaranteed this enduring status - reliability, ease of operation, and firepower. Several nations have license-produced the weapon as their standard GPMG, including the Br ...Show more
The Hand Grenade by Gordon L. Rottman; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
The Hand Grenade is the dramatic story, covering its origins, development, use - in the World Wars and into the present day - and lasting influence on close-quarter combat and infantry tactics.Allowing the user to inflict damage on his opponent within throwing range without leaving cover, the portable, ...Show more
The Lee-Enfield Rifle by Martin Pegler
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: weapon 17
The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century's most recognizable and longest-serving military rifles. It was adopted by the British Army in 1895 and only replaced by the L1A1 SLR in 1957; even then a sniper variant, the L42A1, was used until 1989, giving a service life of nearly a century. It saw comb ...Show more
The M1 Carbine by Leroy Thompson
35.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon 13
In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other troops not needing the power of the M1 Garand rifle. The development of this new weapon was given an added ...Show more
The M1 Garand by Leroy Thompson
39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon 16
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when oppos ...Show more
The M14 Battle Rifle by Leroy Thompson; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon Ser.
Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork and archive and close-up photographs, this engaging study tells the story of the M14, the long-lived battle rifle that remains in front-line service with US forces more than 50 years after its first adoption. The 7.62×51mm M14 select-fire automatic rif ...Show more
The M16 (Weapon 14) by Gordon L. Rottman
34.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Weapon 14
The M16 was first introduced in 1958 and was revolutionary for its time as it was made of lightweight materials including special aluminum and plastics. It was first adopted by US Special Forces and airborne troops in 1962 before it was issued to Army and Marine units serving in Vietnam. Its use spread ...Show more
The Martini-Henry Rifle by Stephen Manning; Peter Dennis
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Weapon Ser.
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into Briti ...Show more