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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480825103321

Autore

Barrington James

Titolo

John Browning : A Short Biography

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-78863-179-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 pages)

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title Page -- Prologue -- Jonathan Browning - The Father -- John Browning - The Early Years (1855 - 1870) -- The First Gun -- The Winchester Connection -- Early Rifle Development -- Smokeless Powders -- The Automatic Shotgun -- Automatic Weapons Development -- Browning's Pistols - Colt and FN -- The Machine-Guns -- The Heavy Machine-Gun and the BAR -- The First World War -- The 37mm Cannon -- Epilogue -- Also by James Barrington -- Copyright.