Small arms of the Great Patriotic War – Mernikov Andrey – IS – 2025 – ISBN 978-5-17-168910-0
Small arms of the Great Patriotic War
Small arms of the Great Patriotic War
29.99 €
This publication widely presents the personal weapons of the soldier, used during the Great Patriotic War on both sides of the front: revolvers and pistols, rifles and anti-tank guns, submachine guns and machine guns.
The history of the creation and use of various types of firearms is told with encyclopedic accuracy, the design features and tactical and technical characteristics of each unit are presented in many diagrams and tables, and some aspects of combat use are revealed in rare documents.
Many examples of infantryman's small arms of that period, such as the PPSh and PPS submachine guns, the Mosin rifle and the Maxim machine gun, have become legendary, without them it is impossible to imagine the image of the Soviet soldier-liberator - an ordinary soldier who bore the entire burden of the war on his shoulders.
The information presented on the pages of this book will help you imagine how Soviet weapons designers, who created highly effective models of small arms in the shortest possible time, and the valiant soldiers who heroically defended our Motherland on the battlefield, day after day brought the Great Victory closer.
The history of the creation and use of various types of firearms is told with encyclopedic accuracy, the design features and tactical and technical characteristics of each unit are presented in many diagrams and tables, and some aspects of combat use are revealed in rare documents.
Many examples of infantryman's small arms of that period, such as the PPSh and PPS submachine guns, the Mosin rifle and the Maxim machine gun, have become legendary, without them it is impossible to imagine the image of the Soviet soldier-liberator - an ordinary soldier who bore the entire burden of the war on his shoulders.
The information presented on the pages of this book will help you imagine how Soviet weapons designers, who created highly effective models of small arms in the shortest possible time, and the valiant soldiers who heroically defended our Motherland on the battlefield, day after day brought the Great Victory closer.
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