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The Hand Grenade
Overview
The Hand Grenade is the dramatic story, covering its origins, development, use - in the World Wars and into the present day - and lasting influence on close-quarter combat and infantry tactics.
Allowing the user to inflict damage on his opponent within throwing range without leaving cover, the portable, lethally efficient hand grenade is a ubiquitous weapon of modern warfare, and has now found its way into law-enforcement arsenals too. In this engaging study the origins, development, combat use and lasting legacy of the military hand grenade are explored and assessed, accompanied by specially commissioned full-color artwork and an array of revealing photographs of grenades in use and in close-up.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781472807342
- ISBN-10: 1472807340
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
- Publish Date: February 2015
- Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 80
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