Chris McNab

The Barrett Rifle

Sniping and Anti-Materiel Rifles in the War on Terror
Illustrator: Shumate, Johnny; Gilliland, Alan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Barrett M82 is one of the most successful sniper rifles ever manufactured. This is technical history of a rifle initially commissioned as an anti-materiel and explosive ordnance disposal tool, designed to neutralize enemy vehicles and parked aircraft, but which has since been adopted by snipers across the world.

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Produktdetails

• Weapon
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 187mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9781472811011
• ISBN-10: 1472811011
• Artikelnr.: 42750581

Autorenporträt

Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 40 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009) and Tools of Violence (2008). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and Edouard Detaille. Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland studied photography/film and architecture, and has worked as a photojournalist and cartoonist. He also spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph, winning 19 awards in that time, including numerous UK Press Awards.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Development
Use
Impact
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index