Rifles: An Illustrated History of Their Impact

From the musket to the M-16, rifles have played a major role in battle-sometimes, as in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, tilting the scales in a pivotal moment of war. But all too often, poor decisions and ill-conceived "innovations" resulted into putting inappropriate weapons into ill-trained hands, with disastrous consequences. Ranging from the late 1700s to the present, this volume recaps the fascinating, sometimes problematic history of the rifle in warfare.


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