01994nam a2200157   4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200017200056205004800228210010100276215002600377225001600403330136500419606003201784700002001816383764  a20060526d1955       y0pory50      ba  aeng  aSmall arms of the worldethe basic manual of military small armseamerican, british, russian, german, italian, japanese and all other important nationsfW. H. B. Smith  a5th ed., revised and enlarged, 3rd printing  aHarrisburg, PennsylvaniacMilitary Service Publishingd1955 (Harrisburg : Telegraph Press, 1957)  axv, 768 p.cild29 cm  aMSPCo Books  aPart I – Historical: gunpowder - an historical outline; origins of firearms - an historical outline; evolution of firearms (phase I - the cannon lock, phase II - the matchlock, phase III - the wheel-lock, phase IV - the snaphance, phase V - the flintlock, phase VI - the percussion lock, phase VII - the period of transition, phase VIII - metallic cartridges); single shot metallic cartridge arms and lock systems; early metallic cartridge single shots throughout the world; evolution of military bolt actions; the military bolt action in Europe; military pistols - an historical outline; development of automatic principles in fire-arms; an historical outline - the evolution of the machine gun principle; semi-automatic rifle development - an historical outline; submachine guns - an historical development; the revolver - an historical outline; the military automatic pistol - an historical outline; shotguns in military use - an historical outline; rockets - an historical outline; smokeless ball powder - an historical outline.Part II - Current weapons: Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Great Britain; China; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Dominican Republic; Dominion of Canada; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Mexico; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Rumania; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United States; Yugoslavia.  aARMA DE FOGO E MUNIÇÕES  aSMITHbW. H. B.