German Automatic Weapons of World War II

Surprising, especially to someone used to a later generation of weapons or the staged exploits of so may film heroes. Military Illustrated

Stunning colour photography The text is authoritative and this is quite the best book you'll find on German automatic weapons of World War II. A totally refreshing method of exhibiting them Military Modelling

The information and pictures are all of the highest quality, making it a must-have for any World War II modeller or weapons enthusiast. Historical Miniature

In this book, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht are illustrated in over 200 colour photographs. Detailed sequences show them in close-up, during step-by-step field stripping, and during handling, loading and live firing. The illustrations are accompanied by concise accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background, and by accessible, non-technical descriptions of their firing characteristics, from the viewpoint of the ordinary infantryman, as revealed in these trials by experienced! shooters. The reader will learn exactly what it looked like, sounded like and felt like to fire the automaticallapons that took the German soldier from Poland to Stalingrad, and back to the ruins of Berlin.

Robert Bruce is a former infantryman, tank crewman and military intelligence analyst. An internationally published magazine writer and book author, photo-journalist, archivist, lecturer and authority on military small arms of the 20th! century, he has been shooting, evaluating and writing about infantry weapons for over 30 years.