The World's Assault Rifles

With technical and design data starting from the early 1900's to what is on the drawing boards for tomorrow, this encyclopedic volume covers every facet of the assault rifle - all within a lively and detailed historical perspective that brings the subject into three-dimensional focus - to create the best volume ever published on the topic. 70 chapters comprising more than 1,200 thoroughly indexed pages with nearly 2,000 illustrations.