U.S. Handguns of World War II

About this book

This new book covers all of the pistols used by United States forces except the M1911; this includes Smith & Wesson Victory Models High Standard .22s H&R revolvers Iver Johnson revolvers and a wide variety of Colts such as the Official Police Commandos Detective Specials Pocket Automatics the Service Model ACE Woodsman Match Targets .38 Super Automatics and much much more. Also included is an incredibly detailed historical section dealing with the procurement and distribution of all of these pistols. The amount of archival research behind this book is staggering. Includes extensive previously unpublished serial number lists. 515 illustrations.