WEAPONS

The book ranges from the first machine guns to favourites such as the Lee Enfield rifle and the AK-47; in terms of aircraft the book includes World War I biplanes, World War II’s Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter and on to modern stealth aircraft, such as the F-22 Raptor; in naval weaponry the book features early ironclad submarines, classic battleships such as Bismarck and the nuclear submarines and all-powerful aircraft carriers of today; from the first tanks on the Western Front in World War I, such as the Mark V Male, the book covers the development of armoured fighting vehicles, featuring such classics as the Soviet T-34 and modern tanks like the M1 Abrams and T-14 Armata.

With one entry per page, each weapon is illustrated with one or two colour artworks – some of them cutaways – a colour or black-&-white photograph, an authoritative history on its development, production and service history and a box of essential specifications.

Featuring more than 400 entries, Weapons is a fascinating reference work on the most important tanks, guns, military ships and aircraft over the past 150 years.