An illustrated guide to rifles and sub-machine guns

by Frederick Myatt

Genres: History

160 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1981

About the author

Major Frederick Myatt M.C. was a retired British officer of the Royal Berkshire Regiment into which he was commissioned in 1940. He served on active duty with the British Army from 1940 - 1969. During World War II he was seconded (i.e. temporarily assigned) to the Royal West African Frontier Force. He was awarded the Military Cross while serving in Burma with the Frontier Force.

Upon his retirement from the army, he took up the position of Curator of the Weapons Museum and Librarian at the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. He was a prolific writer and contributed to such well known journals as The American Rifleman and British Army Review. He wrote numerous military history books as well as books focusing on weaponry and equipment of historical and modern armies.

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 3 out of 5]

An Illustrated Guide to Rifles and Sub-Machine Guns is a broad-brush thumbnail sketch of 43 modern rifles and 35 sub-machine gun types used over the years up to the publication date in 1981. Some of the information given is a little confusing, and possibly wrong, but it does give an interesting, if biased summary of the types reported.