01264nam a22002657a 4500 BJBSDDR 20260612161528.0 ta 260507s2025 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781626691988 1626691983 eng BJBSDDR eng R U 815 P971i 2025 Pruitt, Daniel 48332 The illustrated encyclopedia of guns : [a worldwide collection of fire arms from Hand-Cannons and Flintlocks to Revolvers, Rifles and Semi-Automatics] / Daniel Pruitt Irvington, New York : Moseley Road Inc., 2025 256 pages : Illiustrations ; 29 cm On title page " Chuck Wills in association with the Berman Museum of World History" From Hand Cannons to high-tech anti-materiel sniper rifles, the imperative of the weapons designer has always been to produce a weapon that is faster, deadlier, and more effective than the weapon in the hands of the opponent. This book traces the development of Guns from prehistory to the battlefields of the twenty-first century.--Back Cover Text in English Armas de fuego Historia Enciclopedias 48970 lcc BK cmc 127019 127019 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2026-05-07 0 R U 815 P971i 2025 00000199767 2026-05-07 10:43:00 1 2026-05-07 BK