We have to know know limitations, but there are times when all of us have do the repairs ourselves. Think of commando gunsmithing as isolating the problem with a firearm and curing it or, at least, applying a temporary expedient.

This collection brings together stories of ordinary British soldiers turned into World War Two heroes. Achtung!

Guns of the Elite Forces provides a penetrating account of the weapons that elite fighting troops carry into combat.

For their raids and battles far behind enemy lines in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Burma the men in the Green Beret have become a legend. This book shows how this legend was forged.

And commando tactics and organization remained in a state of flux throughout the war as new situations and challenges arose.Stephen Bulls vivid account will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in commando fighting techniques ...

The Fairbairn-Sykes Commando dagger has become iconic as the most widely recognized fighting knife in the world.

Full of absorbing anecdotes such as his time in a military prison and a rescue operation at a concentration camp, this book is an essential part of a World War II enthusiast's library.

... weapon of the Commando, everyone was also trained in the use of the tommy gun from the United States. Officially called the Thompson machine carbine, this was a quick-firing short-range weapon, which proved highly popular with the Commandos ...

... gun slits and detonating Bangalore torpedoes to explode mines and blow gaps in barbed wire defences . · An important weapon in the Commando's armoury was its only anti - tank weapon , the PIAT mortar – an acronym for Projector ...

The fate of America hangs in the balance as the men of C.A.D.S. forge a daring counterblow against the Russian invader.