trajan Posted 7 February , 2015 Share Posted 7 February , 2015 No, not a review... I have only just skimmed this 464 page and 3 kg. tome, but it is full of all sorts of fascinating detail even for a non-rifle chappie like me! I have especially enjoyed reading the sections on manufacture, service use, etc., but it certainly is not bed-time reading... Anyone else had a look at it? Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockney Posted 7 March , 2015 Share Posted 7 March , 2015 Yes, I have a copy. It is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 7 March , 2015 Share Posted 7 March , 2015 What's full title and author etc? Thanks. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 7 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 7 March , 2015 Yes, I have a copy. It is excellent. What's full title and author etc? It is staring at me as I write... Saying 'Read the rest of me, not just the bayonet bits!'... So - Rifle & Carbine 98: M98 Firearms of the German Army from 1898 to 1918, Dieter Storz, Verlag Militaria (2006), ISBN-10: 390252605X; ISBN-13: 978-3902526052 If you can do German, you can get it through the German version of a certain site, or (am I allowed to say this?) ABE, or others - these are much cheaper than the UK or US version of a web-site that begins with an AM..,. OK, the book... Well, I am not joking - it is not exactly bedtime reading (weighs 3+ kg and 300+ pages!), but even as a non-rifle person I enjoyed its information, albeit sometimes in rather idiosyncratic English. IF I could prop it up in bed, I would read it then - even including the bits on trench periscopes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 7 March , 2015 Share Posted 7 March , 2015 Thanks and sounds my kinda book. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockney Posted 8 March , 2015 Share Posted 8 March , 2015 http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=6879600&Language=en Here is a publisher's link to the English version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 9 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2015 http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=6879600&Language=en Here is a publisher's link to the English version. Thanks Cockney, Like I said I am not a rifle buff - but this is an interesting book - and at the price is a real bargain! Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted 9 March , 2015 Share Posted 9 March , 2015 albeit sometimes in rather idiosyncratic English You have no idea how tough this is with this publisher. An Austrian fellow that puts out a tremendous product but sometimes the people that advise him on language usage..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 9 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2015 You have no idea how tough this is with this publisher. An Austrian fellow that puts out a tremendous product but sometimes the people that advise him on language usage..... Too true, Joe... I am used to idiosyncratic English as I work in a Turkish university, but there is such a thing as - (A) use (and pay for!) a specialist to check the translation; and (, if in doubt, try spell-and grammar check! BUT, it is overall an excellent work! Trajan PS: I'll be back on the matter of those photographs and ID's anon...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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