Vital Guide to Combat Guns and Infantry Weapons

If you see complaints from other reviews they must remember this is a guide not a be all end all refrence. I found this book very good, if not perfect. It's full color with pictures and a page per weapon. Some are missing that you would think would be in there like the tech 9 or colt M4, but it has most recognizable small arms of today. It's slightly dated, but should serve enough for casual enthusiests. If you just want to be able to show off and Identify weapons in war movies and gang movies, or perhaps those found in first person shooter video games, than this should serve you pretty good and will make an interesting and educational read. Contains everything from the M-16 A2, SAW, Mac 10, M60, Dragunov, AK74, AK47, AKSU, Galil, Glock, Desert Eagle, Colt 1911 .45, MP5, AUG, Uzi, G3, SA80 and many more.A lot of older weapons from the vietnamme, Korean and ww2 days as well including: M1 Thomspon (tommy Gun), Sterling, M3 "Grease Gun", M1 Garand, Ar-15, SKS, M21, M14, P38 and more. Even has sections on Anti tank wepaons, and mortars.It has no sections about how guns work or the mechanisms that drive automatic weapons. So this book wont be the one to tell you just what caliber means or what the exact differences between a submachine gun and assault rifle are; it assumes you know that already or arent interested in knowing that. It's not all inclusive or an encyclopedia but as a guide it's very good.

This is a fantastic book that contains just about all the biggest small arms of the 20th century. The book is divided into several sections, pistols, sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, combat shotguns, mortars, anti-tank weapons,and shoulder-launched surface-to-air-missiles. It covers all the weapons you would or might see in todays conflicts. For each weapon it tells what type of weapon it is, calibre, weight,muzzle velocity, dimensions, magazine capacity, and countries that use the weapon. It also has a few short paragraphs about its history and other things. It's a fantastic book.

This book is a great source for middle-range information regarding infantry weapons. The editor took care to give more space to more influential weapons, such as the M-16, to get better information regarding the subject. However, some of the summaries I have heard before, verbatim. Not that big of a deal, but something toi think about. Excellent pictures, most I have never seen before. Once again, it is a good information source, its easy to understand, and the pictures are quite good. If you don't have a reference for infantry weapons, get this now.