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The M14 may have only been the primary US service rifle for a little over a decade before being replaced by the M16, but it is still considered by many experts to be the best rifle to ever see US service. Primarily designed for a war in Europe, where it would take its place alongside the other battle rifles like the FN FAL, the M14 saw most of its combat use in the early days of the Vietnam War. Maintained until 1970 for compatibility with NATO forces the M14 had a renaissance as a semi-automatic sniping weapon and since 2001 the M14 has been employed as a Designated Marksman Rifle, being employed by all branches of the US military, especially in Afghanistan where the open terrain makes longer-range engagements common. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork and archive and close-up photographs, this engaging study tells the story of the M14, the long-lived battle rifle that remains in front-line service with US forces more than 50 years after its first adoption.
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.
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The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs. From its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, he discusses how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.
Merriam Press Military Monograph 317. Fifth Edition (2012). Fascinating account of Rayle's varied career from prior to World War II, working at the Naval Gun Factory and Aberdeen Proving Ground, his wartime service with Aviation Ordnance in the USAAF, and his postwar career with Army Ordnance. This book deals primarily with his service at the Springfield Armory in the 1950s and 1960s where he participated in the development of such weapons as the M14 and M16 rifles, M60 machine gun, aircraft revolver and Gatling guns, 40mm M79 grenade launcher, tank machine guns, HAW/BAT/TOW and spotting rifles, and the side-firing AC-130 "Spectre" gunship cannon, plus a chapter recounting several gun stories, mostly dealing with World War II experiences. Contents: Foreword; Chapter 1: Infantry Board Tests; Chapter 2: Arctic Rifle Tests; Chapter 3: An American FN Rifle; Chapter 4: Industry Interest in Small Arms; Chapter 5: Final Development of Two Rifles; Chapter 6: Final Rifle Tests; Chapter 7: M14 Rifle Production; Chapter 8: Armalite/Colt Rifles; Chapter 9: The M60 Light Machine Gun; Chapter 10: Aircraft Revolver and Gatling Guns; Chapter 11: The 40mm M79 Grenade Launcher; Chapter 12: Tank Machine Guns; Chapter 13: HAW/BAT/TOW and Spotting Rifles; Chapter 14: Side-Firing Gunship Cannon; Chapter 15: Random Gun Stories (Caliber .50 Only for the Army Air Corps; Dirty Ammunition in Benghazi; Bad Bombs in France; Automatic Carbines in Belgium; Chrome-Plated Barrel Bores; Small Arms Museums; An Army 9mm Pistol); Chapter 16: Epilogue; Appendix 1: U.S. Rifle 7.62mm M14; Appendix 2: Rifle 7.62mm T48 (FN); Appendix 3: U.S. Machine Gun 7.62mm M60; Appendix 4: Rifle 7.62mm AR-10 (Armalite) (Early 1957 Version); Appendix 5: U.S. Rifle 5.56mm M16A1; Appendix 6: Gas Systems; Appendix 7: Gun Barrel Design; Appendix 8: Automatic Weapons Calculations; Appendix 9: Primer Setback Analysis; Appendix 10: Case/Chamber Relationships; Bibliography; 17 photos; 5 figures; 7 tables.