The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine, in Three Volumes: War Baby!; War Baby! Comes Home; War Baby III

Continued paginated, 1757 pp. Three volume set. VOLUME ONE: Presented in Collector Grade's usual in-depth fashion, WAR BABY! is the complete story of the design, development and production of all models of the U.S. military carbine in 512 pages, from the inception of the program in 1940 through to its termination at the end of World War II. The carbine is the most popular military shoulder arm in American history. The carbine program was a major achievement in many ways. First of all "nothing succeeds like success", and over six million U.S. carbines were produced from mid-1942 to mid- 1945, nearly five million of them in 1943-44 alone. VOLUME TWO: War baby Comes Home continues the amazing saga of the U.S. carbine - the most popular military shoulder arm in American history. According to the Director of Military Training, eightyfive percent of the troops in the U.S. tactical and operational units were armed with M1 carbines by early 1945. Larry Ruth's detailed history of the commercial manufacturers and their ingenious component 'redesigns' is followed by a photo-essay on the array of aftermarket accessories produced over the last 40 years. VOLUME THREE: The most popular military small arm in U.S. history has been the subject of a small number of books, perhaps the most important of which are the perenniall popular WAR BABY! (first published in1992) and WAR BABY Comes Home (first published in 1993). Both have been reprinted numerous times, and remain available. Today, over seventy years since the birth of the U.S. carbine in 1941, interest in it has not only not abated, but has increased phenomenally. In addition to the over six million military carbines which were manufactured during World War II, over one million commercial examples have been made or assembled since 1960.