Author: Erik Lawrence
Publisher: Erik Lawrence Publications
ISBN: 1941998356
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
The most current, up to date, full color manual anywhere on the RPD Machine Gun system. Authored by Erik Lawrence, former Special Forces Instructor and owner of one of the most realistic and experienced training companies in the US. 72 pages of great to know information with procedures that have been vetted over time. 60+ color pictures to better explain the listed procedures. Developed for weapons familiarization classes and instructor development...the best Team Room reference library available. The objective of this manual is to allow the reader to be able to use the RPD Machine Gun system safely and competently. The practical guide will give the reader: * background/specifications of the weapon and its capability * Multiple descriptive photographs * instructions on its operation * disassembly and assembly procedures * proper safe firing procedures * malfunction and misfire procedures Operator level maintenance will also be detailed to allow the operator to understand and become competent in the use and maintenance of the RPD Machine Gun system.
Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the RPD Machine Gun
Author: Erik Lawrence
Publisher: Erik Lawrence Publications
ISBN: 1941998356
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
The most current, up to date, full color manual anywhere on the RPD Machine Gun system. Authored by Erik Lawrence, former Special Forces Instructor and owner of one of the most realistic and experienced training companies in the US. 72 pages of great to know information with procedures that have been vetted over time. 60+ color pictures to better explain the listed procedures. Developed for weapons familiarization classes and instructor development...the best Team Room reference library available. The objective of this manual is to allow the reader to be able to use the RPD Machine Gun system safely and competently. The practical guide will give the reader: * background/specifications of the weapon and its capability * Multiple descriptive photographs * instructions on its operation * disassembly and assembly procedures * proper safe firing procedures * malfunction and misfire procedures Operator level maintenance will also be detailed to allow the operator to understand and become competent in the use and maintenance of the RPD Machine Gun system.
Publisher: Erik Lawrence Publications
ISBN: 1941998356
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
The most current, up to date, full color manual anywhere on the RPD Machine Gun system. Authored by Erik Lawrence, former Special Forces Instructor and owner of one of the most realistic and experienced training companies in the US. 72 pages of great to know information with procedures that have been vetted over time. 60+ color pictures to better explain the listed procedures. Developed for weapons familiarization classes and instructor development...the best Team Room reference library available. The objective of this manual is to allow the reader to be able to use the RPD Machine Gun system safely and competently. The practical guide will give the reader: * background/specifications of the weapon and its capability * Multiple descriptive photographs * instructions on its operation * disassembly and assembly procedures * proper safe firing procedures * malfunction and misfire procedures Operator level maintenance will also be detailed to allow the operator to understand and become competent in the use and maintenance of the RPD Machine Gun system.
Small Arms of the World
Author: Edward Clinton Ezell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms and armor
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Guide to global small arms weaponry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms and armor
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Guide to global small arms weaponry
The Soviet Army
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces in foreign countries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces in foreign countries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Weaponomics: the global market for assault rifles
Author: Phillip Killicoat
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Access to Markets
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Abstract: This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles. A model of the small arms market is developed and empirically estimated to identify the key determinants of assault rifle prices. Variables which proxy the effective height of trade barriers for illicit trade are consistently significant in determining weapon price variation. When controlling for other factors, the collapse of the Soviet Union does not have as large an impact on weapon prices as is generally believed.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Access to Markets
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Abstract: This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles. A model of the small arms market is developed and empirically estimated to identify the key determinants of assault rifle prices. Variables which proxy the effective height of trade barriers for illicit trade are consistently significant in determining weapon price variation. When controlling for other factors, the collapse of the Soviet Union does not have as large an impact on weapon prices as is generally believed.
The AK-47
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849088357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849088357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.
Cartridges and Firearm Identification
Author: Robert E. Walker
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 146650207X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
At a time when crime scene television shows are all the rage amongst the civilian population, knowledge of firearm forensics is of paramount importance to crime scene analysts, police detectives, and attorneys for both the prosecution and the defense. Cartridges and Firearm Identification brings together a unique, multidisciplined approach to quest
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 146650207X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
At a time when crime scene television shows are all the rage amongst the civilian population, knowledge of firearm forensics is of paramount importance to crime scene analysts, police detectives, and attorneys for both the prosecution and the defense. Cartridges and Firearm Identification brings together a unique, multidisciplined approach to quest
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Author: Lester W. Grau
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788146653
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
counterinsurgency punctuated by moments of heady excitement and terror. Colonel Grau, the editor and translator, has added his own commentary to produce a useful guide for commanders to meet the challenges of this kind of war and to help keep his fellow soldiers alive. This book will also be of interest to the historian and general reader, who will discover that advances in technology have had little impact on this kind of war, and that many of the same tactics the British Army used on the Northwest Frontier still apply today.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788146653
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
counterinsurgency punctuated by moments of heady excitement and terror. Colonel Grau, the editor and translator, has added his own commentary to produce a useful guide for commanders to meet the challenges of this kind of war and to help keep his fellow soldiers alive. This book will also be of interest to the historian and general reader, who will discover that advances in technology have had little impact on this kind of war, and that many of the same tactics the British Army used on the Northwest Frontier still apply today.
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
Author: Ali Ahmad Jalali
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahadeen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War is a 1998 non-fiction book written by former Afghan Army Colonel Ali Ahmad Jalali and American military scholar Lester W. Grau. The book was commissioned by the United States Marine Corps Studies and Analysis Division to complement Grau's previous book, "The Bear Went Over the Mountain." Jalali and Grau had planned travel into Afghanistan to interview Mujahideen fighters in late 1996, but were forced to remain in Pakistan when a Taliban offensive campaign started to seize major portions of Afghanistan, eventually capturing Kabul on September 27. Jalali interviewed approximately 40 Mujahideen during the month which the authors spent in Pakistan and an associate, Major Nasrullah Safi, conducted interviews inside Afghanistan for two months to collect additional data.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahadeen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War is a 1998 non-fiction book written by former Afghan Army Colonel Ali Ahmad Jalali and American military scholar Lester W. Grau. The book was commissioned by the United States Marine Corps Studies and Analysis Division to complement Grau's previous book, "The Bear Went Over the Mountain." Jalali and Grau had planned travel into Afghanistan to interview Mujahideen fighters in late 1996, but were forced to remain in Pakistan when a Taliban offensive campaign started to seize major portions of Afghanistan, eventually capturing Kabul on September 27. Jalali interviewed approximately 40 Mujahideen during the month which the authors spent in Pakistan and an associate, Major Nasrullah Safi, conducted interviews inside Afghanistan for two months to collect additional data.
The Russian Way of War
Author: Lester W. Grau
Publisher: Mentor Military
ISBN: 9781940370194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. "Congratulations to Les Grau and Chuck Bartles on filling a gap which has yawned steadily wider since the end of the USSR. Their book addresses evolving Russian views on war, including the blurring of its nature and levels, and the consequent Russian approaches to the Ground Forces' force structuring, manning, equipping, and tactics. Confidence is conferred on the validity of their arguments and conclusions by copious footnoting, mostly from an impressive array of primary sources. It is this firm grounding in Russian military writings, coupled with the authors' understanding of war and the Russian way of thinking about it, that imparts such an authoritative tone to this impressive work." -Charles Dick, former Director of the Combat Studies Research Centre, Senior Fellow at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, author of the 1991 British Army Field Manual, Volume 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art and author of From Victory to Stalemate The Western Front, Summer 1944 and From Defeat to Victory, The Eastern Front, Summer 1944. "Dr. Lester Grau's and Chuck Bartles' professional research on the Russian Armed Forces is widely read throughout the world and especially in Russia. Russia's Armed Forces have changed much since the large-scale reforms of 2008, which brought the Russian Army to the level of the world's other leading armies. The speed of reform combined with limited information about their core mechanisms represented a difficult challenge to the authors. They have done a great job and created a book which could be called an encyclopedia of the modern armed forces of Russia. They used their wisdom and talents to explore vital elements of the Russian military machine: the system of recruitment and training, structure of units of different levels, methods and tactics in defense and offence and even such little-known fields as the Arctic forces and the latest Russian combat robotics." -Dr. Vadim Kozyulin, Professor of Military Science and Project Director, Project on Asian Security, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project PIR Center, Moscow. "Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil." -Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia's New Army, and The Tanks of August.
Publisher: Mentor Military
ISBN: 9781940370194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. "Congratulations to Les Grau and Chuck Bartles on filling a gap which has yawned steadily wider since the end of the USSR. Their book addresses evolving Russian views on war, including the blurring of its nature and levels, and the consequent Russian approaches to the Ground Forces' force structuring, manning, equipping, and tactics. Confidence is conferred on the validity of their arguments and conclusions by copious footnoting, mostly from an impressive array of primary sources. It is this firm grounding in Russian military writings, coupled with the authors' understanding of war and the Russian way of thinking about it, that imparts such an authoritative tone to this impressive work." -Charles Dick, former Director of the Combat Studies Research Centre, Senior Fellow at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, author of the 1991 British Army Field Manual, Volume 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art and author of From Victory to Stalemate The Western Front, Summer 1944 and From Defeat to Victory, The Eastern Front, Summer 1944. "Dr. Lester Grau's and Chuck Bartles' professional research on the Russian Armed Forces is widely read throughout the world and especially in Russia. Russia's Armed Forces have changed much since the large-scale reforms of 2008, which brought the Russian Army to the level of the world's other leading armies. The speed of reform combined with limited information about their core mechanisms represented a difficult challenge to the authors. They have done a great job and created a book which could be called an encyclopedia of the modern armed forces of Russia. They used their wisdom and talents to explore vital elements of the Russian military machine: the system of recruitment and training, structure of units of different levels, methods and tactics in defense and offence and even such little-known fields as the Arctic forces and the latest Russian combat robotics." -Dr. Vadim Kozyulin, Professor of Military Science and Project Director, Project on Asian Security, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project PIR Center, Moscow. "Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil." -Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia's New Army, and The Tanks of August.
At the Crossroads of Sahelian Conflicts
Author: Savannah de Tessières
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782940548484
Category : Arms transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
In addition to an analysis of the types of armed violence that prevail in Niger, including terrorism, communal conflict, and armed banditry, this Report examines arms trafficking in the country and the illicit possession of weapons by civilians, as well as by armed entities and terrorist groups. The Report also provides an overview of the responses to insecurity in Niger by the national authorities, their international partners, and non-state actors, and discusses the main impacts of insecurity on the country. Finally, the Report also includes an Annexe listing all illicit small-calibre ammunition documented by the Small Arms Survey in Niger in 2016 and 2017, the type of armed actors from which it was seized, and information regarding where else in the Sahel it is also in use, shedding significant light on trends in the illicit movement of military materiel in the region.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782940548484
Category : Arms transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
In addition to an analysis of the types of armed violence that prevail in Niger, including terrorism, communal conflict, and armed banditry, this Report examines arms trafficking in the country and the illicit possession of weapons by civilians, as well as by armed entities and terrorist groups. The Report also provides an overview of the responses to insecurity in Niger by the national authorities, their international partners, and non-state actors, and discusses the main impacts of insecurity on the country. Finally, the Report also includes an Annexe listing all illicit small-calibre ammunition documented by the Small Arms Survey in Niger in 2016 and 2017, the type of armed actors from which it was seized, and information regarding where else in the Sahel it is also in use, shedding significant light on trends in the illicit movement of military materiel in the region.