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Rifles Machine Guns Revolvers Pistols Automatic in Russian Red Army in Great War
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Original book, 352 pages
, A4+, 2015
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The reader is invited to continue the first in the history of specialized printed work on the armament of the Russian army during the First world war. This book, as well as the previous one, is written primarily from the point of view of those who had to fight with these weapons – soldiers and officers of the Russian army of the early twentieth century. In domestic practice attempt to describe this kind of undertaken first time. Because of this book will be useful to specialists-historians, artists, costume, military history reenactors, as well as anyone interested in the history of the Russian army 1914-1917.
The second book of the series describes the machine guns, automatic rifles, pistols and revolvers, as were in service with the Russian army in 1914-1917., and officially in service did not consist, but used in the army: outdated domestic and foreign systems, purchased from the allies or captured as trophies. A special place in the book is the description of experimental systems of automatic weapons, without which the reader’s idea of the level of development of domestic weapons and technical thought of the early twentieth century would be incomplete.
For each sample described in the book, a brief history of its creation and adoption is given, the main changes to which the system was subjected in the course of its release are highlighted. Much attention is paid to the use of weapons in the army, its advantages and disadvantages in the eyes of the soldier. For the first time in domestic practice is described the material part of the guns, in particular, machines, carts and pack fit. Unique is the information given in the book about lighting pistols and special means.
When writing a book widely used materials of archival collections, as well as published sources of the early twentieth century., mainly special and technical literature, today is a rarity. The book is provided with extensive illustrative material from both Museum collections and private collections. Much of the information contained in the book is published for the first time.