How Weapons Work

How Weapons Work (Illustrated Second Printing Weapons Guide, 1980)

A Richly Illustrated Cutaway Guide to How Military Weapons Work, from Small Arms to Tanks and Aircraft

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: How Weapons Work
• Editor: Christopher Chant
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Limited
• Publication Date: 1980
• Edition Details: Second printing, 1980. Edited by Christopher Chant.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with cream cover and colour cutaway tank artwork.
• Physical Format: Large-format softcover, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white cutaway diagrams and photographs.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated card wrappers are clean and bright, with sharp corners. The cream spine shows slight toning and a small chip or tear at the head. There is a slight whitish mark near the top left edge of the front cover.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight, with some page curl near the gutter. No inscriptions, stamps or ex-library marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

How Weapons Work is a lavishly illustrated survey that explains the technology behind military weapons. Coverage runs across small arms and ammunition, artillery, tanks, aircraft, warships, bombs and missiles, with cutaway diagrams and photographs showing the inner workings of each.

Edited by the military and aviation writer Christopher Chant and published by Marshall Cavendish, the book is a good example of the richly illustrated military reference works of the 1970s and 1980s. It remains a useful visual reference for readers interested in weapons technology and the history of ordnance.

This second-printing copy is a clean, bright example in illustrated wrappers and will suit militaria libraries and collectors of illustrated reference works.

Author Profile: Christopher Chant

Christopher Chant (also credited as Chris Chant or Christopher M. Chant) is a British writer and editor on military and aviation subjects. He worked as an editor on Purnell's History of the First World War and History of the Second World War, and became a full-time writer and editor in 1974.

His other works include Ground Attack (Almark, 1976), several Marshall Cavendish illustrated guides, and the sixteen-volume The Military History of the United States (1992).

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