TY - BOOK AU - POPENKER Maxim TI - Modern combat pistols: the development of semi-automatic pistols for military and police service since 1945 SN - 1861268947 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - PB - Crowood Press KW - HAND GUNS KW - PISTOLS KW - MILITARY WEAPONS N2 - Illustrated with photographs and line drawings this book gives a general introduction to service hand guns followed by a review of pistols by country of manufacture. Appendices cover design and function of a semi-automatic pistol, basics of silencers, and modern pistol ammunition ER -