Technical Achievements, Missed Chances, Mistakes & Misdeeds

摘要

Although this book is now 30 years old, it is still a great resource. It covers a specific time frame (beginning just after the Franco-Prussian War and the creation of the German Empire, and ending at the end of WWII), so it does not become stale with the introduction of current weapons. Originally published in German under the title Die deutschen Mili-targewehre und Maschinenpistolen 1871-1945, author Hans-Dieter Gotz describes all the rifles and machine pistols (submachine guns) in service or developed and tested duringthis time. The book begins with the Werder M/69 breech loading rifle, a design that uses a dropping block action similar to the Peabody and Martini actions. The M/69 fires a brass cased nxsommR cartridge, rather than paper cartridges of earlier service rifles.