U.S. Armed Forces Arsenal: A Guide To Modern Combat Hardware Review

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(More customer reviews)I'd hoped to find a decent overview in this small volume. However, Southworth consistently calls a rifle magazine a "clip," isn't clear on the difference between normal payload and emergency maximum payload of a C-130 Hercules, states the maximum range of the Mark 45 naval gun to be 63 miles, which is only true for a hideously expensive prototype round that likely won't be fielded, exaggerates the capabilities of the Browning .50 and classifies Thompsons and M3A1 carbines as "squad weapons" at one point. And I'm not positive from the picture, but his "M249 SAW" looks awfully like an M240B machine gun.
I didn't care for the prose. It was the sort of chat you get from drunken wannabes or recruits about how great certain things are in comparison, without any real-world feedback on how things work.
I'm afraid the enthusiasm was lost in about a minute, and I expect to get rid of this one quickly. It's no use as a reference and not that entertaining.

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Today's arsenal of war contains some of the most sophisticated weapons ever seen on the battlefield. The technological revolution has drastically altered how war is fought and brought about the invention of some highly unusual (and effective) weapons. In the recent war with Iraq, we caught a glimpse of the new high-tech weapons in America's arsenal and the wide-ranging array of modern equipment and transportation used by our armed forces. America's modern military hardware is the envy -and fear-of the world.In U.S. Armed Forces Arsenal, noted military historian Samuel A. Southworth takes the reader on an informal and informative guided tour of this new arsenal of weaponry. He explains in clear and concise prose the new generation of military hardware, from rifles to mortars, jeeps to tanks, robotic drones to night vision sensors, and all manner of bombs, missiles and rockets-the arms and armaments that have reshaped the way the U.S. goes to war, on land and sea and in the air.

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