Weapons of the Great War. Rifles and carbines of the Russian Army
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Weapons of the Great War. Rifles and carbines of the Russian Army
49.99 €
The publication offered to the reader is the first ever specialized printed work devoted to the armament of the Russian army during the First World War. The peculiarity of the book is that it is written not from the point of view of a specialist gunsmith or collector, but from the position of those who had to fight with these weapons - soldiers and officers of the Russian army of the early XX century. In domestic practice, an attempt to describe such a weapon is made for the first time. Due to this fact, the book will be useful for historians, costume designers, military-historical reconstructors, as well as for all those who are interested in the history of the Russian army of 1914-1917. The book tells about rifles and carbines, both those that were in service in the Russian army in 1914-1917, and those that were not officially in service, but were used in the army. The latter refers to obsolete domestic weapons, as well as foreign weapons supplied to Russia by the Allies or captured by the Russian army as trophies. For each model, a brief history of its creation and adoption into service is given, as well as a description of the main changes to which the system was subjected in the course of its production. The book pays special attention to the use of the weapon by the troops, its advantages and disadvantages in the eyes of the soldier. In addition to the rifles themselves, the ammunition used for them is described, and accessories and equipment are briefly described. A separate chapter is devoted to the preservation and repair of weapons in the troops. When writing the book, the materials of archival funds were widely used, as well as published sources of the early XX century, mainly special and technical literature, which today is a great 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.
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