Автор: A. J. R. Cormack
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1971
Количество страниц: 22
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
An expert can often tell the origin of a pistol by its look and finish. One would not need to be an expert to identify the Webley automatic pistol. The unmistakable square features could only come from the country from which emanates the bulldog breed. This is a weapon which has no pretensions to beauty but has an honest look of reliable dependability. The idea behind and the development of the Webley automatic pistol took place in four stages. First, the ill-fated Mars Fairfax pistol which, although of a most advanced design, never achieved commercial success. (The failure of the Mars set Mr Webley the task of developing a reliable and commercially viable automatic pistol.) Second, the successful range of automatic pistols developed and put into production, between 1903 and 1940. Third, the Harrington and Richardson Licence Built pistols. and fourth, the 9mm parabellum pistol developed unsuccessfully for small arms trials around 1952. (The failure of this pistol probably stopped any chance of the British small arms industry equipping any future British Armed Forces with an automatic pistol.)
Автор: A. J. R. Cormack
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1971
Количество страниц: 22
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The histories of J. M. Browning and Fabrique Nationale have been linked since July 1897. Their combined genius has resulted in an unrivalled range of weapons.
Автор: Geoffrey Roberts
Издательство: Longman
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0582771854
Количество страниц: 278
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Victory at Stalingrad tells the gripping strategic and military story of that battle. The hard-won Soviet victory prevented Hitler from waging the Second World War for another ten years and set the Germans on the road to defeat. The Soviet victory also prevented the Nazis from completing the Final Solution, the wholesale destruction of European Jewry, which began with Hitler's "War of Annihilation" against the Soviets on the Eastern Front. Geoffrey Roberts places the conflict in the context of the clash between two mighty powers:their world views and their leaders. He presents a great human drama, highlighting the contribution made by political and military leaders on both sides. He shows that the real story of the battle was the Soviets' failure to achieve their greatest ambition: to deliver an immediate, war-winning knockout blow to the Germans. This provocative reassessment presents new evidence and challenges the myths and legends that surround both the battle and the key personalities who led and planned it.
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