The Grim Reaper: Machine Guns And Machine-gunners In Action

by Roger Ford

A dramatic narrative of machine guns since the 19th century, with detailed observations of their influence on warfare and continuing role as a force-multiplier with today's elite units.

314 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

['Aussie Rick' · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a technical manual, its about machine-guns and machine-gunners in action and as such it offers a easy to read account of this weapon and its place in military history. The author offers enought technical detail about the various weapons so you obtain a firm understanding of how they work. He then places the weapons, their inventors and the people who had to use the weapons into their place in history. This was a very easy and enjoyable book to read and some of the accounts of the 'machine-gunners' were excellent. Overall this is a well researched and well presented book with over 300 pages of text and numerous black & white photographs which provides the reader with an overview of the machine-gun in history.