The story of one of the most lethal weapons on the battle field, of the men who fought with it - and died by it.
This vivid and authoritative history is enhanced by the first-person battlefield experience of veterans of many armies, attacking and under attack, killing and dying. It is full of easy-to follow technical information about the workings of machine-guns, past, present, and future, plus their changing tactical role. Users of the new generation of lightweight machine-guns describe their performance and effectiveness.
Roger Ford, a much-published author, is a specialist in weapons technology and the employment of weapons on the battlefield.
