German Universal Machineguns, Volume II From the MG08 to the MG3 Hardcover – April 20, 2012

Very beautiful book about German Weapons. A nice coffee table book.I would buy again.

A lot of interesting information.Good description at amazon.com.Fast delivery.

The first volume of this series, MG-34 MG-42, German Universal Machineguns, is one of the best gun books ever written. Fully illustrated, it was clearly the product of years of intensive research. Given that, it seems like it would be a hard act to follow. Folke Myrvang has done just that though, and this book was very much a worthwhile addition to my library.Volume 2 doesn't pick up exactly where Volume 1 ended, rather, it fills in a lot of the material that surrounds the topic of German machineguns. It covers a great deal of the interwar period, specifically the modifications done to Maxim guns, as well as limited production guns the German army tried out. It also goes a great deal into postwar produced copies of the German weapons, and the various accessories associated with all of the guns covered, even more than the first volume did. This book stresses the universality of the weapons, and you see a lot of interesting period photos that really show the guns in use, along with a variety of mountings illustrating just how adaptable the gun really was.The text is quite clear, and the formatting makes sense, so it is a very readable book. The book is heavily illustrated in color, and features a nice table of contents that covers both volumes. It is hardbound like all Collector Grade books, and comes with an especially durable dust jacket. The paper is of good quality, as is the binding, and it will last a lifetime. I can't really think of anything that could be improved with this book.If you are in to German weapons, or machineguns in general, I would suggest getting this book while you can. I will never be selling my copy, but if this thing ever goes out of print, it will undoubtedly soar in price.

Excellent follow-on to the first volume.

Le compré este 2º volumen a mi marido que tiene el 1er volumen. Esta edición de agosto'12 no tiene NADA que ver con el 1º que es de gran calidad.Este 2º hay que tener cuidado, es una 2a edición con un mismo ISBN, editado en agosto'12 (cuando yo lo compré no venía especificado en el artículo).Es literalmente un ESCANEADO de la edición de abril’12, no tiene calidad fotográfica ni de imprenta, de hecho no tiene ninguna calidad y mi marido prefirió devolver el libro a tenerlo de tan mala calidad.Estábamos tan perplejos que antes de solicitar la devolución nos aseguramos de poder ver la edición de abril’12 de un colega, y pudimos comprobar que la calidad era fotográfica y buena, comparable al 1er volumen. Para ser un libro de coleccionista donde la información fotográfica es fundamental no podemos entender que no lo reediten con la calidad que se merece. Todavía a día de hoy (6 meses después) estamos alucinando.Atención a las opiniones de "Space and Time, KY" y "Carl Bloom", que hacen referencia la edición de abril'12, NO a la de agosto'12.La devolución con Amazon fue ágil y sencilla, a eso sí le pongo un 10.