This book offers substantial information on the design, development and battle performance of a large variety of U.S. arms and their accessories, including major weapons, snipers, submachine guns, .22-caliber trainers, shotguns, pistols, survival and edged weapons. Shown also are web gear, holsters, etc. While this book provides comprehensive collector’s data, it also includes practical information on purchasing, shooting and reloading. It is profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and charts on almost every page. Photos and an analysis of Axis weapons are included. Noteworthy are the extensive interviews with World War II combat veterans on the usage of weapons.

“U.S. Small Arms….This useful reference work is a long-needed book of facts for collectors of World War II small arms.”

-ARMY MAGAZINE May 1985

"This guide for the “Collector, Shooter and Historian brings together a good deal of information on the rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, handguns and knives of the period. It also comments, briefly, on the guns of the Axis.

   Of great interest is the chapter devoted to the actual combat use of the various guns by four distinguished veterans."

-The American Rifleman Magazine. July 1985