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Sturmgewehr!: From Firepower to Striking Power by Hans Dieter Handrich Revised Expanded Edition Description ISBN-10: 0889355932 ISBN-13: 978-0889355934 Height: 11.25″ Width: 9″ Thickness: 1.5″ Weight: 5 lbs. 1 oz. Pages: 720 Number of Photos and Illustrations: 514 The first edition of this classic work appeared in 2004 and has been out of print for several years. The author, a prizewinning military historian, nonetheless continued his research in the military archives of Germany and elsewhere. Thirteen years later, this expanded and revised edition now becomes the most complete and authoritative account ever published on the first intermediate caliber assault rifle and the revolutionary 7.92x33mm Kurz cartridge. It has been said that Adolf Hitler was the greatest general the Allies had during WWII. Several examples of his fatefully bungled tactical decisions are discussed. None was perhaps more significant than his refusal on three separate occasions to sanction the development and adoption of the intermediate caliber assault rifle as the general issue weapon of the Wehrmacht. Its acceptance and fielding proved to be a long, tortuous, and never-fully-completed process. In all of German small arms history, no weapon was renamed so often within such a short period of time, illustrating the complexity of its development and implementation. The Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44 [Assault Rifle 44]), which became its final name, was belatedly approved by Hitler in October, 1944 after his earlier rejections had delayed the program for a full year. By the time he changed his mind, a general rearming was already out of the question. Nevertheless, the StG 44 was by far the most important and influential small arm and cartridge development of the War. Notes The buyer will receive a Sturmgewehr!: From Firepower to Striking Power book identical to the one listed above and shown in the photos below. Feel free to email via the ebay messaging system for answers to any questions. Above images: Photos of a Sturmgewehr!: From Firepower to Striking Power book exactly like the one the winning bidder will receive. All photos and text Copyright © 2023 by Phil Steinschneider and Cool F/X