Im looking for more books with information about firearms dating between the start of the 20th century to modern times. I have a few but they cover relativly few weapons at awkward timezones, so what would be the best book(s) going into detail about modern and post 19th century weapons? Thanks Rob
A good book will focus on a specific weapon. A really good book will go three volumes. HyperWar: The Machine Gun
Refining your request is certainly helpful. We've got an expert on ANYTHING about WWII here, I do believe. I used to sleep with a Ma Deuce.
Well i've got my eye on 3 books The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine guns by William Fowler The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia by 'diagram group' Infantry Weapons of World War 2 by Jan Suermondt They all look like decent books at reasonably prices, all 3 come to around £35 on Amazon which isnt bad
I'm familiar with the Diagram Group. I had their "Illustrated History of Weaponry" in Gunther Rothenburg's class on military arms at Purdue. I recommended it to the prof that took over that slot when GR went to Australia.
