The Gun (84 page)

Maxim gun design and,
82

Maxim gun marketing and sales in,
83
–84

Maxim gun production in,
89

Maxim guns used by,
85
–87,
97
–102,
105
–6,
112
,
119
–20,
124

Maxim gun tests and demonstrations in,
76
,
83
–84

Maxim’s life in,
68
,
73
–78,
83
,
89
,
135
,
369

mitrailleurs and,
43
–44,
46

on morality of machine guns,
103
,
105

Puckle’s rapid-fire flintlock and,
27
–28

Russo-Japanese War and,
116

and siege of Khartoum,
78

and skepticism about machine guns,
53
–54,
62
,
112

submachine guns used by,
258
,
355

Vickers guns used by,
126
–31

weapons profiteering and,
32
–33

weapons stockpiling and,
355

in World War I,
118
–36,
255

Yonnie insurgency and,
84
–85

in Zulu War,
62
–65,
87

Great Depression,
236

Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
314

Great Terror,
222
,
348

Grechko, Andrei A.,
201

Greeley, Horace,
32

Greene, Wallace M., Jr.:

Chervenak’s letter and,
327

M-16 and,
320
,
327
,
329

on Stoner
63
,
292

Grey Goose,
404
n

Griesmer, Bruce E.,
266

guerrillas,
9
–10,
137
,
349
–50,
370
,
387
–89

AK and AK-type rifles used by,
5
,
7
,
9
,
265
–66,
268
,
270
,
350
,
361
,
363
–64,
377
–80,
387
,
410

in El Salvador,
363
–64

in Hungarian revolution,
219
,
266

in Iraq,
388
–89,
393
,
396
–97

in Soviet-Afghan War,
10

and terrorist attacks on Israel,
349

training of,
300
,
380
,
396

in Uganda,
356
,
373
–80

in Vietnam,
9
,
264
–66,
270
,
282
–83,
295
n
,
324
,
440
n

gunpowder, smokeless,
74
,
92
,
122
,
135

GUNS
magazine,
257

Gutfreund, Yossef,
350
–51

G. W. Armstrong Company,
54

Hackett, David S.,
266

Haldane, A.,
116

Halil Pasha,
42

Hall, James B.,
295
–96,
301
–3,
331

Hallock, Richard R.,
281
–82,
288
,
303
–6,
324
–25

Hama-Raheem, Ramazan,
392
–93,
396
–97

Hamas,
11
,
384

Harvard University,
271

Heckler & Koch,
384
n

Henry Rifled Barrel Company,
76
–77

Hezbollah flag,
15
,
384

Hill Fights,
310
–14,
319
,
322

Hiroshima,
144

Hitch, Charles J.,
280
,
289
,
292

Hitler, Adolf,
4
,
146
,
153
,
156
,
161
,
163
–64,
166
,
174
–75,
185
,
338
,
355

Hogg, Ian V.,
76

Holy Spirit Mobile Forces,
374
–75

Hotchkiss gun,
51
,
53
,
55
,
91
,
109

in Russo-Japanese War,
114
,
116
–17

Howard, Oliver O.,
61
–62

Hoxha, Enver,
343

Human Rights Watch,
14

Hungarian State Security Police (ÁVH),
222
,
227
,
239
–40

Hungary,
214
–15,
371
,
382
–83,
399

and AK and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
12
,
16
,
215
,
245
,
266
,
382
,
412

casualties in,
227
,
239
–42

early use of AK-47s in,
219
–20,
223
–27,
237
,
239
–41

free elections in,
365

popular revolution in,
9
,
218
–27,
237
–42,
346
,
348
,
383

Rákóczi Square murder and,
227
,
240
–41

reprisals against revolutionaries in,
239
–42

Soviet invasions and occupations of,
218
,
221
–22,
224
,
226
,
237
–41,
243
,
348
,
407
,
436
n

in World War II,
238

Yugoslav embassy in,
226
,
238
–39

Hunt, Henry J.,
60
–61

Hussein, Saddam,
11
,
382
–83,
388
,
398

Hutier, Oskar von,
139

Ichord, Richard H.,
310
,
315
–16,
323
,
325
–27,
334
,
442
n

Indianapolis Sentinel,
92

Indians, India,
85
,
93
,
285
–86,
289
,
364
n

and AK-47 production and distribution,
12
,
248
,
250

in battle of Tanga,
119
–21

Indian wars,
39

Custer in,
58
–64

Gatling guns in,
60
–62,
64
,
90
,
93
,
425
n

Nez Percé in,
61
–62

Indonesia,
251
,
258
,
437
n

Industrial Revolution,
6
,
33
,
77

Infantry Journal,
132

Ingush terrorists,
340
,
385

Iran,
216
,
396

and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
12
,
361
,
390
–91

Iran-Iraq War,
396

Iraq,
216
,
340
,
411
–12,
413
n

and AK and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
11
–12,
16
,
248
,
361
,
391
,
411
,
444
n

assassination attempt in,
388
–95

Kurds of,
388
–90,
393
–98

Marines in,
409

purchase price of AK rifles in,
381
–83

wars in,
11
,
14
,
21
,
35
,
368
n
,
383
–84,
386
,
388
,
396
–97

Irish Republican Army,
235

Ishaq, Muhammad,
99

Islamic Jihad,
10

Israelis, Israel,
369
,
384
,
443
n
–44
n

and AK and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
12
,
340
n
,
341
,
349

Egyptian peace treaty with,
358

Egyptian wars with,
12
,
216
,
341
,
355
,
358

terrorist attacks on,
339
,
340
n
,
349
–52,
358
,
443
n

Italy,
81
–83

Minin in,
369
–70,
411

Ito, Kanemitsu,
328
–33

Izhevsk Machine, Engineering, and Motor Plant Complex,
3
–4,
207
–10,
402
–4

AK-47 tests at,
204
–5

AK and AK-type rifles manufactured at,
4
,
204
–5,
207
–8,
210
,
217
,
242
,
345
,
399
,
402
,
409
,
412
,
433
n

Brezhnev’s visit to,
344
–45

gun works at,
3
,
158
,
205
,
344
–45,
398
–400,
402
,
407

Kalashnikov and,
182
n
,
205
,
209
–10,
243
–45,
344
–45,
398
–400,
403
–4,
406
–7,
436
n
,
445
n

in PK design and development,
243

Schmeisser and,
207
–8,
433
n

Jackson, Captain,
62

Jackson, Samuel L.,
15

Japan,
56
,
134
,
327

and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
340
n

Hotchkiss guns used by,
114
,
116
–17

rifle cartridges of,
166
–67

weapons stockpiling and,
355

in World War II,
264

see also
Russo-Japanese War

Joffre, Joseph,
132

Johns Hopkins University,
255

Johnson, Harold K.,
292
,
295
–96,
306
,
324

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
294
,
296

Jordan,
349
,
355

Joseph, Chief of the Nez Percé,
61
–62