Leroy Thompson (Author)

The Sten Gun

Illustrator: Stacey, Mark; Gilliland, Alan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Sten submachine gun - officially the Carbine, Machine, Sten - was developed to fulfill the pressing British need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after Dunkirk, when German invasion was a real possibility. This title presents story of the mass-produced submachine gun.

Produktdetails

• Weapon
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 184mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781849087599
• ISBN-10: 1849087598
• Artikelnr.: 35211232

Autorenporträt

Leroy Thompson trained and advised military and police special operations units around the world, focusing especially on the tactical use of firearms. He has previously had more than 35 books published and more recent titles include The Hostage Rescue Manual, The Counterinsurgency Manual and Secret Techniques of the Elite Forces. He has also had various firearms books published including Great Combat Handguns, and appeared as a weapons expert on documentaries for Discovery, National Geographic and the BBC.

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