U. S. Infantry Weapons of the First World War

by Bruce N. Canfield

Canfield has written widely on 20th-century US military weapons, and here focuses on The Great War for fans and collectors. Photographs are available of almost everything he describes, which include edged weapons, handguns, rifles, shotguns, automatic rifles, machine guns, grenades and launchers, trench mortars, the 37 mm gun, and flame throwers. He describes some weapons that were developed but never deployed. He includes notes for collectors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Genres: World War I, Military Fiction, Military History

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Internationally recognized Historian of post-Civil War U.S. military weapons.
Long-time collector of U.S. military weapons.Author of twelve books on U.S. military weaponry.

Field Editor for American Rifleman and Contributor Editor for Man at Arms, two of the most respected arms magazines in the world.
Member of Man at Arms "Panel of Experts" and contributor to American Rifleman's "Dope Bag" column.

Over one hundred articles published in several national magazines including American Rifleman, Man at Arms and The Gun Report.

Contributor to numerous books by other authors.Consultant for the Arts & Entertainment (A&E) Network's highly acclaimed program; Story of the Gun, the History Channel's Tales of the Gun and TNN's Great Guns series.

Former member of the Garand Collectors Association Board of Directors.

Former Technical Advisor to the M1 Carbine Collectors Association.

Reviews

[Checkman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Canfield is a longtime writer and expert about the history of U.S. military weapons.. He is a prolific author and two of his best books are "U.S. Infantry Weapons Of The First World War" and "U.S. Infantry Weapons Of The Second World War". Both are fantastic reference books. Very easy to read and loaded with hundreds of high quality photographs and diagrams. A high-end book worth every penny and an absolute must for the library of a serious firearms collector and military history buff. However ,because the writing is easy to follow, and not needlessly technical it can be a good book for the general reader with an interest in the weapons used by the United States in the two world wars. I highly recommend both books.

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, it was thorough, I found pictures and tidbits on weapons I didn't know about.

A flamethrower bayonet!