Reddit reviews Military Small Arms of the 20th Century

Military Small Arms of the 20th Century is a great resource. It's amazing the amount of detail they have in there. It's not much on the way they function, but it catalogs basically every gun produced or used by a military in the 20th century, as well as a little bit of prior to and following the 20th C.

If you're interested in the function of guns this free to play game is actually remarkably good at teaching the functions and parts of a hell of a lot of different guns.

Ian Hogg's "Military Small Arms of the 20th Century"

https://www.amazon.com/Military-Small-Arms-20th-Century/dp/0873418247

http://www.amazon.com/Military-Small-Arms-20th-Century/dp/0873418247

This book is on the history and designs of Military Small Arms of the 20th Century. It is written by two very knowledgeable guys. (From Wikipedia) Ian V. Hogg (1926 – 7 March 2002) was a notable British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers. During his career he wrote, co-wrote, edited, or co-edited about 150 books and sold well over 1 million copies. And John S. Weeks an American who also wrote and co-wrote many a book on military small arms