Comments: softcover, 200 pages, 231 black-and-white and 15 color photos

ISBN: 978-1-47382-722-6

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Pen & Sword

From the publisher: Through arduous campaigns in theaters of war from the Pacific to Northwest Europe, American infantry weapons played a key role in the eventual victory over the Axis forces. In so doing, they earned a special reputation for ruggedness and reliability. In addition to being used by U.S. ground forces, they were widely adopted by other Allied nations.

Author Michael Green examines the full range of small arms, be they rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, pistols, machine guns, mortars, antitank weapons, or infantry-support artillery.

Many names, such as the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) and the incomparable semi-automatic Garand, will be well known, whereas others (the Johnson rifle and Reising SMG) are not. Informative text augments the wide range of photographic images.

FSM says: Important details are where you find them. The photographs in this book are as much a study in infantry uniforms as it is an overview of U.S. infantry weapons, from a .45-caliber Model 191A1 pistol to a 90mm M1 anti-aircraft gun. Diorama ideas abound in candid photos of WWII ground action in all theaters. Color photos are mostly of reenactors, but the black-and-white shots are the real deal.