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100 | 1 | _aChivers, C. J. | |
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_aThe gun/ _cC.J. Chivers. |
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_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2010. |
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_a481 p., 14 p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aOrigins. The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- Invention and distribution. Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : the mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle -- A note about the M16 series of rifles in 2010. | |
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_aWar _xHistory. |
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_aMachine guns _xTechnological innovations _xHistory. |
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_aFirearms _xTechnological innovations _xHistory. |
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