Название: Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor

Автор(ы): Roger Ford, R. G. Grant, Adrian Gilbert 

Издательство: Dorling Kindersley

Год: 2006

ISBN: 978-0-7566-2210-7

Страниц: 364

Язык: English

Формат: True PDF

Размер: 73 MB

For 4,000 years weapons, and the warriors who used them,have acted as the cutting edge of history, using ax, spear, bow, sword, gun, and cannon to determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires. From the stone axes of the earliest warfare to the heavy artillery of today''s modern armies,this awe-inspiring book portrays for the first time the entire spectrum of weaponry. Illustrations explain key features and working mechanisms of important weapons Beautifully photographed and richly cataloged-often in actual size Details weapons that changed the face of warfare, from the sword to the Gatling gun.

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