Book Review: China's Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War
Forgotten Weapons
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I picked up a copy of this book a couple years ago when Bin Shih first published it, but by the time I got around to doing a review it had sold out - so I didn't bother. Well, a seconds printing run has been made, so it seems that now would be a good time to take a closer look at it. There are very few English-language resources on Chinese WWII small arms, and this is a good one...
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