Combat Guns: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Firearms

COMBAT GUNS BY CHRIS BISHOP AND IAN DRURY IS AN ABSOLUTELY MARVELLOUS BOOK MAINLY AIMED AT THE YOUNGER PERSON WITH AN INTEREST IN MODERN MILITARY FIREARMS,DATING FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY UP TO THE LATE NINETEEN EIGHTIES. THE BOOK COVERS MOST OF THE MORE COMMON FIREARMS IN USE,WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TO ACCOMPANY EACH AND EVERY REVIEW.THE BOOK IS SPLIT INTO SECTIONS COVERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SMALLARMS ie HANGUNS WW1 AND 2,RIFLES,SUB MACHINE GUNS,ASSAULT RILES,COMBAT SHOTGUNS AND RIOT CONTROL WEAPONS WITH EACH SECTION SPLIT AGAIN INTO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN. IN EACH SECTION THERE IS ALSO AN EXTRA REVIEW ON FIREARMS THAT THE AUTHORS FEEL NEED EXTRA ATTENTION WITH LARGE TWO PAGE CUT AWAY DRAWINGS ON GUNS LIKE THE M16 AND M60.THIS ALL ADDS TOWARDS MAKING A VERY INFORMATIVE,COLOURFUL,EASY TO READ AND EASY TO RESEARCH REFERENCE BOOK. I HAVE HAD "COMBAT GUNS" FOR NEARLY ELEVEN YEARS AND STILL QUITE FREQUENTLY FIND MYSELF RESOURSING IT FOR INFORMATION PARTICULARY ON COMBAT SHOTGUNS AS MATERIAL IN THIS AREA IS HARDER TO FIND.JUST GOING TO SHOW THAT IT ALSO HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER THE MORE LEARNED ENTHUSIAST.