Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
Weapon : Weapon - Martin Pegler

Weapon

By: Martin Pegler, Adam Hook (Illustrator), Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)

Paperback | 26 May 2022

At a Glance

Paperback


$39.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $9.94 with

 or 

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not. This highly illustrated volume tells the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I.

Although military sharpshooting had existed since the 18th century, in 1914 only the German and Austro-Hungarian armies fielded trained snipers armed with scoped rifles. Thus upon the outbreak of World War I, the Allied armies found themselves on the receiving end of a shooting war to which they had no means of response. Only the Canadians brought a dedicated sniping rifle into the trenches, but in small numbers. For the British, although production of a suitable rifle and scope were settled on quickly, the establishment of sniper training was difficult and its success was mostly due to the efforts of a handful of dedicated officers. The French eventually introduced a competent scoped rifle and a sniper training system, as did the Italians. Entering the war in 1917, the Americans experienced rifle shortages but were able to build on their pre-1914 efforts to find a suitable sniping weapon. The country that suffered most grievously was Russia; Russian troops fielded no snipers at all and suffered accordingly.

Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen archive images and photographs of the sniping rifles and accessories used in the trenches, this is the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I.

About the Author

Martin Pegler, a former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, has written numerous books, many for Osprey.

About the Illustrators

Adam Hook specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks and the modern Chinese Army.

Alan Gilliland writes, illustrates and publishes fiction (www.ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.blogspot.com).

More in Weapons & Equipment

Operation Paperclip : Nazi Scientists in America - Annie Jacobsen

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF
Nuclear War : A Scenario - Annie Jacobsen

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Pentagon's Brain : An Uncensored History of DARPA - Annie Jacobsen
Warships at Dunkirk 1940 : New Vanguard - Angus Konstam
The Dum-Dum Bullet : A Lethal History, 1850-1950 - Maartje Abbenhuis
How to Build a Spitfire - David Price
Air Forces of the Warsaw Pact : Poland - PATRICK ROEGIES
Chernobyl Prayer : Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich

RRP $26.99

$22.75

16%
OFF
Hiroshima : Vintage Ser. - John Hersey

RRP $27.99

$18.75

33%
OFF
The Aircraft Book : The Definitive Visual History - DK

RRP $55.00

$42.75

22%
OFF
Nuclear Weapons : An International History - David Holloway

RRP $61.95

$46.75

25%
OFF
The Making Of The Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes

RRP $49.99

$30.99

38%
OFF