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Shooting to Live

Door W.E. Fairbairn e.a.

Categorie
Wapens
Boeknummer
#332397-VF25
Titel
Shooting to Live
Auteur
Fairbairn, W.E. & E.A. Sykes
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Paladin Press
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
1581606788
ISBN13
9781581606782
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with b/w drawings, 8vo.
Samenvatting
One of the most influential combat shooting books ever published, Shooting to Live is the product of Capt. W. E. Fairbairn's and Capt. E. A. Sykes' practical experience with the handgun from their many close-quarters gunfights while working for the Shanghai Municipal Police in the 1930s. This expanded edition contains a new foreword by British World War II combatives expert Phil Mathews, which sheds new light on the career of E. A. Sykes - the "forgotten hero" of the Fairbairn-Sykes duo - as well as previously unpublished photos.

Hundreds of actual incidents provided the basis for this first true instruction manual on life-or-death shootouts with the pistol. In clear, concise terms, the book teaches the concepts, considerations and applications of combat pistolcraft. A forewor
... (Lees verder)d by Col. Rex Applegate explains how Fairbairn and Sykes introduced their groundbreaking methods into American military training circles at the height of World War II.
Pagina's
96
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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