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Author : Malden D. Waite,Bernard D. Ernst
Publisher : Beinfeld Pub
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0917714202
Author : John Langellier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819727
Intended to replace the proliferation of different small arms fielded by US forces during the American Civil War, the “Trapdoor Springfield” was designed in 1865–66 by Erskine S. Allin. Using metallic cartridges, it could be loaded in a single action, increasing the number of shots per minute as much as fivefold. The new weapon quickly proved its worth in two separate incidents in August 1867: small groups of US soldiers and civilians armed with the trapdoor repulsed numerically superior Native American contingents. A simple and cost-effective weapon, it was used, along with its variants in every US conflict in the three decades after the Civil War, especially on the American frontier. Drawing upon first-hand accounts from US soldiers, their Native American opponents, and users such as buffalo hunters, this is the story of the “Trapdoor Springfield”, one of the defining weapons of the Indian Wars.
Author : Joe Poyer,Craig Riesch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 188239139X
Author : J. Spencer Wolf,Pat Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Handloading of ammunition
ISBN : 157579019X
Author : Charles G. Worman
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0826335934
The many roles played by guns in the old West with personal accounts by many early settlers and hundreds of photos.
Author : Richard A. Fox
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806170510
On the afternoon of June 25, 1867, an overwhelming force of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians quickly mounted a savage onslaught against General George Armstrong Custer’s battalion, driving the doomed troopers of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry to a small hill overlooking the Little Bighorn River, where Custer and his men bravely erected their heroic last stand. So goes the myth of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a myth perpetuated and reinforced for over 100 years. In truth, however, "Custer’s Last Stand" was neither the last of the fighting nor a stand. Using innovative and standard archaeological techniques, combined with historical documents and Indian eyewitness accounts, Richard Allan Fox, Jr. vividly replays this battle in astonishing detail. Through bullets, spent cartridges, and other material data, Fox identifies combat positions and tracks soldiers and Indians across the Battlefield. Guided by the history beneath our feet, and listening to the previously ignored Indian testimonies, Fox reveals scenes of panic and collapse and, ultimately, a story of the Custer battle quite different from the fatalistic versions of history. According to the author, the five companies of the Seventh Cavalry entered the fray in good order, following planned strategies and displaying tactical stability. It was the sudden disintegration of this cohesion that caused the troopers’ defeat. The end came quickly, unexpectedly, and largely amid terror and disarray. Archaeological evidences show that there was no determined fighting and little firearm resistance. The last soldiers to be killed had rushed from Custer Hill.
Author : William S. Brophy
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0811708721
The lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority. Exhaustive research has taken Brophy into some of the rarest collections in existence.
Author : William S. Brophy USAR
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1985-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811746953
Bill Brophy’s exhaustive research and extensive knowledge about this legendary rifle—its development, history, service in both World Wars, and its continued use as a hunting rifle today—along with over 1500 high-quality photos make The Springfield 1903 Rifles the complete lifetime work by the rifle’s premier authority.
Author : Ginger Cruickshank
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0738502294
Situated at the crossroads of New England, Springfield, Massachusetts, was founded in 1636 by twelve families led by William Pynchon, who named the settlement after his birthplace in England. This book, the first of a two-volume set, is a collection of many never-before-seen photographs that tell the story of this city's history. Springfield is a city of "firsts." The first successful gasoline-powered engine was built by the Duryea brothers here; the first U.S. musket was made at the Springfield Armory; and in 1891, resident Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball. The city's ties to the U.S. military are illustrated here, as are its many religious and ethnic communities. Within these pages, we can see images of a very different Springfield, including buildings much changed or long gone, and people remembered now in family albums.
Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786040766
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE IT’S NEVER QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Springfield Model 1880. Trapdoor rifle with bayonet. Vengeance optional. With a handful of murderous rogues, Captain Jed Foster has run off with four wagons containing new Springfield rifles, bayonets, and ammunition meant to resupply the troops at Fort Bowie in Arizona Territory. Foster plans to sell the weapons to the highest bidder—whether it’s Apaches, Mexican revolutionaries, or Confederate veterans who still dream of destroying the Union. But that’s the least of Foster’s problems . . . His junior officer, Lieutenant Grat Holden, is coming after him. With the help of an ornery ex-sergeant known as “Hard Rock” Masterson and fiery guerilla fighter Soledad, the young lieutenant will face off with war chiefs, banditos, and cutthroat outlaws. That’s just for starters. Then he’s got to take down a man who has enough guns for a small army . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112106757195
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : OSU:32435065901969
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105072023216
Author : Bill Yenne
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429964876
The Trench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The Chicago Typewriter. The Tommy Gun. The Thompson submachine gun has gone by many names, and for nearly a century the gun's image has been indelibly marked on the popular consciousness. In this broad-reaching cultural and military history, Bill Yenne charts the tommy gun's unpredictable and one-of-a-kind career, from its infamy in the hands of Al Capone and the Chicago mobsters, to its shady days with the IRA, to its indelible place in the arsenal of World War II, and its truly immortal and ongoing role in Hollywood. The tommy gun is without a doubt the most famous, and the most infamous, American firearm of the twentieth century. Since its birth in the aftermath of World War I, the tommy gun has enjoyed a varied career on both sides of the law. Though General John T. Thompson invented it for the American military, it first found notoriety thanks to its part in events such at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. But when the United States entered World War II, the gun's true power as an essential, life-saving weapon made it an iconic weapon of the American GI. Full of incredible stories from the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific, America's gangland, and Hollywood studio back lots, Bill Yenne's Tommy Gun is the definitive story of this unique American icon.
Author : Chester M. Biggs, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0786480238
Like most foreign troops stationed in China, the United States Marines' mission was to protect the American embassy and American consulates, missionaries, tourists, and other citizens in China. During the half century covered by this book, the Marines saw China as it would never again be. The Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion gave the Europeans a certain standing, with prerogatives and privileges that were looked upon by everyone, even the Chinese, as a natural order of existence. The author discusses early military operations in north China, the early legation guards, the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and the Marine legation guard in Peking also in 1900. It also discusses Seymour's relief column, Waller's column, the capture of the Walled City of Tien-Tsin, the siege of the legations at Peking, the relief of Peking, and the Marines' return to Peking.