The Gun (86 page)

Lloyd George, David,
129
–31

Lobengula, King of the Ndebele,
86

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation,
274

London Broad Arrow,
92

London
Journal,
44

London Times,
113
–14

Loos, fighting at,
130

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),
372
–80

AK-47s used by,
377
–79,
387

child soldiers in,
337
,
372
–73,
376
–79

origins of,
373
–74

rules of,
376
–77

spirits of,
376
–77

violence of,
373

Louis-Philippe, King of France,
27

Love, John:

in Gatling gun promotion and sales,
37
,
52
–54,
57
,
421
n

Gatling gun tests and,
50
,
53

Lowell gun,
91

Ludwig Loewe and Co.,
119

Lyuty, Vasily Fyodorovich,
191
–92

M1 Garand,
206
,
253
–54,
258
,
271
n

stockpiling of,
355

in Vietnam,
332

in World War II,
199
,
253
,
295

M-4,
20
,
384
–86,
409

Georgia’s use of,
285
–86

in present,
415

production of,
417
n

purchase prices of,
386

M-14,
271
n
,
272
–74,
276
–77,
306
,
317
–19,
439
n

accuracy of,
290

AK-47 vs.
273
–74,
360

ammunition of,
256
,
273
,
276
,
288

design and development of,
300
n

protypes of,
276

reliability of,
290

testing of,
273
–74,
283
–90,
293
,
360
,
444
n

Vietnam and,
270
,
272
,
295
,
303
,
310
,
314
,
317
,
319
,
324
–25

M-16,
267
–71,
404

accuracy of,
290
,
297
,
309

ammunition of,
20
,
269
,
271
,
294
,
297
–99,
301
–2,
304
,
307
,
310
–11,
316
–17,
322
,
324
–27,
334
,
353
,
415
,
444
n

ball powder of,
293
–94,
297
,
301
,
303
,
316
,
326

Chervenak’s letter and,
321
–24,
327
–28,
442
n

Colt and,
292
,
295
–97,
299
–303,
307
,
310
,
312
,
315
,
323
–32,
353
,
385
n
,
416
,
441
n

Congress and,
296
,
304
,
310
,
314
–16,
321
,
323
,
325
–27,
331
,
334
,
356
,
442
n

correcting flaws in,
316
,
326
n
,
329
–32,
335
,
444
n

cover-ups on,
269
,
305
–7,
321
–22,
324
–25

design and development of,
292
,
294
–95,
298
–99,
300
n
,
306
,
309
–10,
326
,
329
,
360
,
415

durability of,
298
–99

Kalashnikov on,
444
n

malfunctioning of,
263
,
267
–69,
293
–95,
297
–335,
356
,
415
,
441
n
,
442
n

Palestinians’ use of,
384

in present,
415
–16

production and distribution of,
12
,
292
,
294
–300,
303
–6,
308
–10,
316
,
326
,
331
–32,
353
,
409
,
415
–16,
417
n

propaganda on,
320
–21

prototypes of,
316
,
331
–32

purchase prices of,
386

reliability of,
290
,
298
,
309
,
313
,
325
,
326
n
,
415

reputation of,
299
,
315
,
331

rust and corrosion of,
299
–303,
306
–7,
310
,
326
,
328
,
330
,
333

stockpiling of,
355

testing of,
281
–83,
288
–89,
293
–94,
297
,
301
,
303
,
306
,
315
,
322
–24,
326
,
332
,
334
,
360

in Vietnam,
263
–64,
267
–69,
271
,
294
,
296
–308,
310
–35,
353
,
356
,
415
,
441
n
,
443
n
–44
n

weight and size of,
300
n
,
309
–10,
322

see also
AR-15

M16 Controversies, The
(McNaugher),
326
n

M35 rounds,
162
–63,
166

M-60,
266
–68

M70,
16

M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon),
378
n
,
442
n

M1903,
252
–53,
271
n

M1943 rounds,
161
,
166
–67,
184
,
199
,
205
,
249
,
257
,
378
n
,
433
n

and AK and AK-type rifle design and development,
185
,
192

illegal transfers of,
369

production and distribution of,
217
,
349

MacArthur, Douglas,
170
,
253

MacDonald, Robert W.,
277
–81,
283

machine guns, machine gunners,
21
,
25
,
115
–22,
134
–38,
363
n
,
419
n

ammunition of,
27
,
65
,
68
,
110
–11,
136
–37,
227

comparisons between AK-47s and,
3
,
18

destruction of,
131
–32

Gardner’s proposals on,
64
–66

gas-operated,
109

German production of,
89
–90,
102
,
109
,
117
,
119
,
246

handheld,
243

jamming of,
65
,
112

medium-sized,
206
,
243

miniaturization of,
137
–38

morality of,
103
,
105

mounted on tanks,
137

popularity of,
54
–55,
135
–36

precursors of,
29
,
36

in Russo-Japanese War,
115
–17,
119

shortages of,
129
–30

skepticism about,
41
,
46
,
53
–54,
62
,
112
,
137

Soviet production of,
158

special teams for,
110
,
112
–13,
117
,
126
–27,
131
,
134
,
137
,
253
,
266
–68

tactical uses of,
64
–66,
90
,
93
–94,
107
–12,
115
–18,
131
,
136
–37,
251
–52,
424
n

training for,
90
–91,
93
–94,
110
–11,
131
,
227

ubiquity of,
135
–37

in Vietnam,
266
–68

World War I and,
45
,
84
,
90
,
119
–22,
124
,
128
–31,
133
–34,
163
,
165
,
246
,
251
–52,
255
,
424
n
,
426
n

in World War II,
168
,
178

see also specific machine guns

McKay, Jim,
352

McKiernan, Kevin,
397

McLean, James H.,
66

MacMillan’s,
85
–86

McNamara, Robert S.,
269
–74,
280
–81,
290
–93

AR-15 and,
274
,
281
,
283
–85,
288
,
290
–91

on gun gap,
272
–73

on M-14 vs. AK-47,
273
–74,
280

M-16 and,
269
–70,
292
,
295
–96,
306

systems-analysis approach of,
271
,
288

McNaugher, Thomas L.,
326
n

Madonna, Raymond C.,
311
–12

Madsen gun,
109
,
138

Mahmoud, Karzan:

medical treatment of,
394
–95,
397
–98

shooting of,
388
–95,
397
,
408

Malashenko, Yevgeny I.,
238

Malimon, Aleksandr,
190

Mannlicher, Ferdinand Ritter von,
138

Mao, Tse-tung,
216
,
264
,
265
n
,
364

Marines, Marine Corps, U.S.,
20
,
275

AK-47s encountered and used by,
9
,
259
,
266
–67,
313
,
317
,
324
,
335
–36