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The `Broomhandle' Mauser (Paperback)
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The `Broomhandle' Mauser (Paperback)
Series: Weapon, 58
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Loot Price R454
Discovery Miles 4 540
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At a time when most handguns were limited to six rounds, the
ten-shot Mauser caught the attention of the world for its
unprecedented firepower and formidable high-velocity 7.63x25mm
cartridge. This saw its ultimate expression in the first-ever
select-fire handgun - the `Schnellfeuer' machine pistol, fed by a
detachable magazine and offering both full-automatic and
single-shot modes. The C 96 was the first semi-automatic pistol to
see combat, arming both sides in the Second Anglo-Boer War, and
seeing service with the German, Russian, Chinese and other
militaries. Widely purchased commercially, it was carried by none
other than Winston Churchill in the Sudan and South Africa, became
prized by the Irish Republican Army and Soviet revolutionaries, and
even armed Han Solo in the `Star Wars' movies. Featuring
full-colour artwork and an array of revealing photographs, this is
the engrossing story of the C 96 Broomhandle Mauser, the
ground-breaking semi-automatic pistol that armed a generation of
military personnel, adventurers and revolutionaries at the turn of
the 20th century.
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