The Complete World Encyclopedia of Guns

by Will Fowler

This comprehensive encyclopedia of firearms is both an authoritative reference work and a stunning visual directory, explaining the development of arms through the centuries, and showing the capabilities and individual specifications of the weapons. It presents a superb pictorial guide to the most significant pistols, revolvers, rifles, machine and submachine guns. Enthusiasts can quickly find specific guns, all with full information and color photography. Each gun's features are listed, as are the military, political and technological contexts in which the gun was developed.

Genres: Reference, History, Nonfiction, War, Military Fiction, Technology

Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Will Fowler is Professor of Spanish at the University of St Andrews, where he has taught since 1995. He earned his PhD at the University of Bristol and worked as a lecturer in Spanish at Leicester Polytechnic (subsequently renamed De Montfort University) for four years before joining the University of St Andrews.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

A self-gift for my 18 birthday and I regret nothing!
It is beautifully illustrated and well-arranged, I like how it's chronologically structured.

[Thea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent resource for research! Reccommend to anyone who is writing about guns!

[Damien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could add more pictures

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This makes an excellent coffee table book.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Guns is a compendium of the major types of pistols, rifles, revolvers, and machine and submachine guns through history in 1100 color photographs.

It would be impossible to show every type of firearm so they zeroed in on the ones that most people expect to read about as part of history and the gun lore.

However, it cannot cover everything on every weapon; a few of them are missing; however, you will not notice unless you specialize in the field.

The M-16 did have a little bit of controversy on hanging up on the 7.62 ammunition. It also shows a picture of an M16A1. I had the privilege of using one and found it nice and light. However, I exchanged weapons with an artillery soldier with an M-14 when I needed something for practical use. It does not cover the later versions as the A2 and beyond.

Under pistols, they show the Walter PP, and the PPK. The pill held the. Was made famous by Adolf Hitler and Ian Fleming, but there is no mention of the Walter PPKS.

For the price, this is not one reference book that you want to pass up.

[Caleb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have barely a negetive word for this fabulous piece of literature. The only thing about it I dislike is the giant, country based list in the middle. Adios!

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent written and photo information on so many firearms. Great reference book.

[David Bates · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book provides a brief historical overview of the development of different kinds of guns and how they work. I'm grateful for the explanations of basic mechanical vocabulary associated with guns. Occasionally I was frustrated by vocabulary that wasn't explained (55 grain bullet?).

[Wangyumei]

it is a wanderful book

[Brayden Marquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sound of it is interesting.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

429 - 2016

[Khaled]

Nice book