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Manual of Modern Automatic Guns

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Specially prepared for Home Guard and Service use, this Bernards handbook from the Second World War gathers into one pocket volume the automatic weapons a British soldier or Home Guardsman was most likely to handle, whether British or American in origin.

Six weapons are covered: the Sten Machine Carbine Mark II in 9 mm; the Thompson submachine gun, known as the Tommy gun; the Browning Automatic Rifle; the Lewis gun in both British .303 and American .300 versions; the Vickers machine gun; and the .303 Bren light machine gun, Marks I and II.

For each weapon the book gives its principal details, such as weight, sights and rate of fire, with instructions on stripping and assembly, loading and unloading, and the stoppages and immediate action that every gunner had to know by heart. Most entries also explain the mechanism, and clear labelled drawings show the parts of each gun.

A concise record of how these weapons were taught and handled in wartime, the book will appeal to collectors, students of small arms and anyone interested in the Home Guard and the British Army of the Second World War.

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Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781474599986
  • ISBN-10: 1474599982
  • Publisher: Naval & Military Press
  • Publish Date: November 2026
  • Dimensions: 7.48 x 4.72 x 0.07 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.09 pounds
  • Page Count: 26

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