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01622aam a2200337 i 4500 001 DCDE0280E19111E89124B82197128E48 003 SILO 005 20181106010116 008 180209s2018 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018006135 020 $a 1476666660 020 $a 9781476666662 035 $a (OCoLC)1022980256 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d PAU $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a U884 P74 2018 100 1 $a Prenderghast, Gerald, $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Repeating and multi-fire weapons : $b a history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 / $c Gerald Prenderghast. 246 30 $a History from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2018] 300 $a viii, 426 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-424) and index. 520 $a "From the earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have been anxious to develop weapons with more firepower. This inevitably led a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of repeating and multi-fire weapons"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Firearms $x History. 650 0 $a Machine guns $x History. 650 0 $a Military weapons $x History. 941 $a 2 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20190329010335.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103014940.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCDE0280E19111E89124B82197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search