{"id":28472,"date":"2025-12-11T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/small-arms-of-the-cold-war-nato-battle-rifles-book-now-shipping\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:38:18","slug":"small-arms-of-the-cold-war-nato-battle-rifles-book-now-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/small-arms-of-the-cold-war-nato-battle-rifles-book-now-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Arms of the Cold War: NATO Battle Rifles &#8211; Book Now Shipping!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ru45s8M5eoU?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Available and shipping now from:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\/cold-war-battle\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\/cold-war-battle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sorry to our European folks, but the copies allocated to the European shipping center have already sold out, so we can only fulfill orders from the US.<\/p>\n<p>The Battle Rifle is a class of infantry rifles inextricably linked to the NATO forces of Cold War-era Europe. After the Second World War, almost all Western powers moved to \u201cfull-power\u201d, magazine-fed, typically select-fire rifles for infantry use, in the face of the Eastern bloc which adopted rifles chambered for \u201cintermediate\u201d cartridges instead. For several decades these heavy hitting Battle Rifles were predominant in NATO forces, evidenced by iconic designs like the FAL and G3. Though the anticipated climactic battles between NATO and the Warsaw Pact on the German plains never happened, these rifles did see combat outside of Europe in the world\u2019s scattered revolutions and bush wars. <\/p>\n<p>Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO features more than 70 different battle rifle models, divided into seven chapters by type:<\/p>\n<p>Precursors \u2013 the development of the Battle Rifle from the Mondragon through the Second World War<\/p>\n<p>FAL \u2013 FN\u2019s iconic Fusil Automatique Leger, designed by John Browning\u2019s protege Dieudonn\u00e9 Saive in Belgium<\/p>\n<p>G3 \u2013 the roller-delayed blowback system designed by Mauser engineers in the late days of the Second World War, and its progeny<\/p>\n<p>M14 \u2013 the updated American Garand rifle, and its cousins like the Italian BM59<\/p>\n<p>AR-10 \u2013 Armalite\u2019s futuristic wonder rifle that came so close to adoption and which ultimately created the AR-15<\/p>\n<p>MAS \u2013 the French copy no one, and no one copies the French, especially in Cold War small arms<\/p>\n<p>Others \u2013 lesser-used but still relevant rifles, from the E.M.2 bullpup to the SIG Stgw. 57 and the Danish LAR<\/p>\n<p>This book series blends insightful history and commentary from Ian McCollum with the gorgeous photography of James Rupley to give readers insight into the whole class of Battle Rifles, which are surprisingly poorly documented today. Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO puts them all at a reader\u2019s fingertips in more than 490 pages of luscious detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available and shipping now from:https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\/cold-war-battle Sorry to our European folks, but the copies allocated to the European shipping center have already sold out, so we can only fulfill orders from the US. The Battle Rifle is a class of infantry rifles inextricably linked to the NATO forces of Cold War-era Europe. 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