Sturmgewehr by Handrich (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Revised Expanded Edition, 691 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. A huge volume! Over 500 illustrations. The first edition of this classic work appeared in 2004, and went out of print rapidly. The author, a prizewinning military historian, has continued his research in the military archives of Germany and elsewhere and produced an expanded, revised edition, which contains the most complete and authoratative account ever published of the intermediate caliber assault rifle and the revolutionary 7.92x33mm Kurtz cartridge. It has been said that Adolph Hitler was the greatest general the Allies had during WWII, and several of his fatefully bungled tactical decisions are discussed. None was perhaps more significant than his refusal on three separate occasions to sanction the development and adoption of the intermediate caliber assault rifle as the general issue weapon of the Wehrmacht. Its acceptance and fielding proved to be a long, tortuous and never fully completed process and, as a measure of the complexity of the story, in all of German small arms history, no weapon was renamed so often within such a short period of time. The Sturmgewehr 44 (assault rifle 44) to give it its ultimate name, was belatedly approved by Hitler in October, 1944, after his earlier rejections had delayed the program for a full year, and by the time he changed his mind a general rearming was out of the question. Nevertheless, the Sturmgewehr was by far the most important and influential small arm and cartridge development of the war. Fully indexed. An outstanding and exhaustive study. Out of print and getting Scarce. The publisher is now out of business.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Exceedingly heavy. An extra sum may be requested to cover shipping. Please enquire.

Condition: very_good. This book is in Very Good condition. The cover and pages have minor shelf wear. Binding is tight and pages are intact.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition, Enlarged. Revised and expanded edition of this study of the development & use of German assault rifles, with some 120 more pages than the original edition & 122 new illustrations. Large hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, near fine. Text clean, no names or marks; xxviii, 691 pages; many b/w figures & photos, bibliography, index. PLEASE NOTE: a surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 392 black and white illustrations. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 600 pages.

Condition: Gut. Mit sehr vielen Abbildungen, 775 Seiten. Einband etwas berieben und bestossen. Mit offener Rechnung versenden wir gerne an Bibliotheken und Institutionen, Schulen, Universitäten etc. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050 20,0 x 27,5 cm, illustrierter Pappband.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. The first edition of this classic work appeared in 2004, and has long been out of print. The author, a prizewinning military historian, has continued his research in the military archives of Germany and elsewhere and we now present this expanded, revised edition (120 extra pages), which contains the most complete and authoritative account ever published of the intermediate calibre assault rifle and the revolutionary 7.92x33mm kurz cartridge. It has been said that Adolf Hitler was the greatest general the Allies had during WWII, and several examples of his fatefully bungled tactical decisions are discussed. None was perhaps more significant than his refusal on three separate occasions to sanction the development and adoption of the intermediate calibre assault rifle as the general issue weapon of the Wehrmacht. Its acceptance and fielding proved to be a long, tortuous and never fully completed process and, as a measure of the complexity of the story, in all of German small arms history, no weapon was renamed so often within such a short period of time. The Sturmgewehr 44 (assault rifle 44) to give it its ultimate name, was belatedly approved by Hitler in October, 1944, after his earlier rejections had delayed the programme for a full year, and by the time he changed his mind a general rearming was out of the question. Nevertheless, the Sturmgewehr was by far the most important and influential small arm and cartridge development of the war. Fully indexed, 720pp.