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100 _a20060526d1955 y0pory50 ba
101 _aeng
200 _aSmall arms of the world
_ethe basic manual of military small arms
_eamerican, british, russian, german, italian, japanese and all other important nations
_fW. H. B. Smith
205 _a5th ed., revised and enlarged, 3rd printing
210 _aHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
_cMilitary Service Publishing
_d1955 (Harrisburg : Telegraph Press, 1957)
215 _axv, 768 p.
_cil
_d29 cm
225 _aMSPCo Books
330 _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.
606 _aARMA DE FOGO E MUNIÇÕES
_9343053
700 _aSMITH
_bW. H. B.
_9354246
955 _xCompra