Handguns & sub-machine guns: semi-automatic pistols & revolvers
- London: Brassey's, 1997
- 126p.
- Brassey's modern military equipment .
Pistols and SMGs (submachine guns) are the personal weapons used universally by all armed forces. In their basic form they are inexpensive to manufacture and simple to use and, as a result, they are easily available to both legal and illegal users alike.