Description
Product ID: | 9781849088039 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Weapon |
Title: | The Webley Service Revolver |
Authors: | Author: Robert Maze, Peter Dennis |
Page Count: | 80 |
Subjects: | Military history, Military history, Weapons and equipment, Weapons & equipment, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years. This title presents the story of the Webley revolver. The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced and has a claim to be the first ''tactical fighting pistol''. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years; later versions in .38in calibre went on to see further service in World War II and beyond, as well as in a host of law-enforcement roles around the world into the 1970s. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-08-20 |