Overview
This Bernards manual of the Second World War describes the rifles a British serviceman might carry or meet, from the weapons of the British and Canadian armies to those of the United States, Germany and Italy.
The rifles covered are the P.14 service rifle; the Lee-Enfield .303 Short Magazine Mark III; the Canadian Ross service rifle; the American Springfield .300, the U.S.A. Model 17 and the Garand self-loading rifle; the German 7.92 mm Mauser; and the Italian Mannlicher-Carcano. For most of them the manual gives the principal details and explains stripping, the mechanism and the safety arrangements, with labelled drawings of the main patterns.
Further sections deal with the sniping rifles No. 3 Mark I (T) and No. 4 Mark I (T) and the adjustment of their telescope sights, with ballistics and a table of penetration into various materials, and with the care of arms. The book closes with hints for night firing, night fighting and sniping, and with a method for scaling targets and their speed of movement for a miniature practice range.
A compact and practical guide, this reprint will be of value to collectors and students of military small arms and of the British soldier's training in the Second World War.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781474599979
- ISBN-10: 1474599974
- Publisher: Naval & Military Press
- Publish Date: November 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.07 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.13 pounds
- Page Count: 24
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