--- product_id: 2412335 title: "The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century" price: "45592CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2412335-the-new-weapons-of-the-world-encyclopedia-an-international-encyclopedia store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century **Price:** 45592CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century - **How much does it cost?** 45592CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2412335-the-new-weapons-of-the-world-encyclopedia-an-international-encyclopedia) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Weapons is one of the bestselling books on armament ever published. This definitive guide covers the entire history of weapons, from the earliest, most primitive instruments up to remarkable advances in modern defense and warfare. The new edition includes weapons used in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israel-Lebanon conflict, such as: · Improvised Explosive Devices · Blackout bombs · Unmanned aerial vehicles · TV guided bombs · Current Small Arms · Electric Stun Guns · And more! Comprehensively illustrated, with hundreds of color diagrams, charts, photographs and much more, Weapons is the encyclopedia of virtually every arsenal ever invented. This guide will appeal to warfare fans, military and history buffs and any reader interested in the invention, development and use of weapons over the course of human history. Review: Simple, Laconic but Amazing - I bought this book knowing some basic principles of war as the weapon lover and collectionist i am. This books is written without fancy details, laconic, it just tells you what you need to know. For people who are starting or that know little about warfare and weapon systems this book is a treasure. I highly recommend it. Review: New Weapons of the World Encylcopedia - I bought this book for 1 of my best friends, after I bought 1 for myself. We loved this book. This book is very informative and knowledgeable with diagrams of weapons from around the world. This book covers weapons from 5000 B.C. to the modern age. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,272,463 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #347 in Military Encyclopedias #1,935 in History Encyclopedias #2,004 in Historical Study Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 64 Reviews | ## Images ![The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zJjQs7oLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple, Laconic but Amazing *by D***A on September 24, 2011* I bought this book knowing some basic principles of war as the weapon lover and collectionist i am. This books is written without fancy details, laconic, it just tells you what you need to know. For people who are starting or that know little about warfare and weapon systems this book is a treasure. I highly recommend it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ New Weapons of the World Encylcopedia *by P***I on June 4, 2026* I bought this book for 1 of my best friends, after I bought 1 for myself. We loved this book. This book is very informative and knowledgeable with diagrams of weapons from around the world. This book covers weapons from 5000 B.C. to the modern age. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Weapons organized by function, but in need of a reorganization *by E***T on May 10, 2011* This is the third edition of "Weapons" from the Diagram Group. Taken on its own it is very good; a rare, possibly unique work among references on arms; it is organized by function rather than era, region, or alphabetically. Accordingly, you'll see a current police baton on the same page as a several thousand year old club. The functions begin with arming the hand (a rock, for example) and proceeds (more or less) by complexity, ending with aircraft, missiles, nukes, etc. Without a doubt, there are better works on weapons of an individual era, or specific classes of weapons, but there is no better survey or overview of weapons. The omissions that I noticed were extremely rare (and dead-end) technologies that even soi-disant experts might be ignorant of. True, not every rifle ever manufactured is mentioned, but every major operating principle is. On the other hand, it included some little-known and exotic arms that illustrated major principles, for example, the 13mm air rifle that was used by the Austrians during the Napoleonic wars. Exotic, but not included because it is exotic, included to illustrate the principles of projectile weapons that use compressed gas as propellant (rather than a chemical reaction). But as a "third edition" it leaves much to be desired. The basic work from 1980 is reprinted in its entirety, with two blocks of content added in the two following editions. This wasn't too bad in the second edition, published in the 1990s, but in this one, it creates the appearance that Diagram Group was just coming back to a money maker without applying the same standards of production used in the first one. This could be fixed by revising the small arms section to include rifles, pistols, and machine guns developed in the past ten years, rather than throwing recent developments in the a pile at the end. The practice of merely lumping new material in the sections at the end of the book also defeats the purpose of a reference organized by function rather than time period, detracting from what makes this work most useful and interesting. For what it is, a survey of tools of violence, "Weapons" is without equal. The organization makes it very accessible and easy to use, despite the editorial decisions in this third edition. Throughout, the authors write in such a was as to educate without a condesending or arrogant tone. I still can't recommend it highly enough. E.M. 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