Small arms of the world

FOREWORD

This book is a military classic. It is of real value to every man who uses military arms.
The coverage of the basic United States weapons.will help any service man achieve a quick and comprehensive understanding of his weapons. The sections on foreign arms will also help to develop a "weapons sense" in the reader; prepare him to grasp opportunities on the field of battle; and serve to increase his confidence in the superlative arms with which he is equipped.
This is primarily a book for the person who is not an expert. The text is so simply presented that even a person without any knowledge of firearms can follow it with ease. The photographs were specially prepared from the actual weapons themselves to teach step-by-step all the essentials. The original working drawings are simple and clear, and are presented for the benefit of the layman, not the draftsman.
However, it is also a book for the expert-the soldier, collector, manufacturer and designer, all will find much of interest and value in it. You can study a hundred handbooks and manuals to find the da-ta packed into this work.
There are no military secrets in this book; everything in it is known to our enemies, who have captured and are using specimens of all our arms. But there is a tremendous wealth of valuable military information in it for every American who cares to arm himself with a knowledge of a subject on which our national security res-ts, and on which it will rest for a long time now that the war has ended.
The author is perhaps the one person in the United States with the necessary combined knowledge of firearms, writing and editing to bring this remarkable book into being. It is a most important addition to the long line of worthy and authoritative military books published by the outstanding publishers in
that field. .

G. B. JARRETT,
LT. COL. O. D., ARMY OF U. S.
CHIEF, FOREIGN MATERIEL SECTION,
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS