{"product_id":"browning-50-caliber-machine-guns-gordon-l-rottman-9781849083300","title":"Browning .50-Caliber Machine Guns","description":"\u003cp\u003eOsprey's new Weapon series provides a highly-detailed yet affordable overview of the development, use, and impact of small arms throughout history-from the sword to the machine gun. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this volume, Gordon Rottman examines this history of the longest serving weapon in the U.S. military's small arms inventory. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with rare photographs and original artwork by Johnny Shumate, the book takes readers from the origins of the \"fifty\" on the battlefields of World War I (1914-1918) to its use in the war on terror today. Rottman provides lists of the companies that manufactured the Browning and analyzes the variants that have arisen over the years since it first entered service in 1933. He also provides descriptions and photos of how it was used on aircraft, ships, riverboats, tanks, Humvees, and by ground forces. A cutaway illustration from Alan Gilliland details the parts of the weapon and a final chapter dispels myths told about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon L. Rottman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849083304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849083300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.08w x 0.22d","brand":"Gordon L. Rottman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761323012351,"sku":"9781849083300","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3045fdc8-7578-4eb6-ace1-9a47b5c1c1a5.jpg?v=1706681001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/browning-50-caliber-machine-guns-gordon-l-rottman-9781849083300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}