The Machine Gun – The Collection
This collection contains all 5 Volumes of The Machine Gun books.
The work on the Machine Gun by Lt. Col. George M. Chinn has five information packed volumes. Its seventeen parts describe the history, evolution, and development of manual, automatic, and airborne repeating weapons. It was prepared for the Bureau of Naval Ordnance and cost millions of dollars. It remains a magnificent reference and world class collector work.
Volume 1: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons. 698 pgs.
Volume 2: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons. 232 pgs.
Volume 3: Development During World War II and Korean Conflict by the United States and Their Allies, of Full Automatic Machine Gun Systems and High Rate of Fire Power Driven Cannon. 693 pgs.
Volume 4: Design Analysis of Automatic Firing Mechanisms and Related Components 653 pgs.
Volume 5: Development of Full Automatic Machine Gun Systems High Rate of Fire Power Driven Cannon, and Automatic Grenade Launchers by the United States and Her Allies, Following World War II, Korean Police Action, and the Vietnam Conflict. 720 pgs.