A Summary Report on Contemporary World Small Arms
Abstract
A brief discussion of small arms development trends in the 20th century is presented, showing that development was influenced primarily by tactical requirements, and to a lesser extent by technological improvements. Roughly comparable small arms development occurred in the USA, USSR, and other major world powers, with native designs dominating in each. Various development approaches were employed with no evidence to suggest a clearly superior system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADB062726
Entities
People
- H. Hevert
- Richard Vonschwedler