The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons is all about true assault weapons...fully automatic, selective-fire or equipped with mission-specific features designed only for military and law enforcement applications. This seventh edition gives you all the details you need about the world's latest assault weaponry and ammunition, and the changing missions of those weapons in military and law enforcement applications. Other valuable information includes: Numerous field test results Training and tactics Leading schools that train special military and law enforcement units Historical insight into weapon systems and programs International coverage of Germany, Israel, Russia, South Africa and the United States No other reference provides such comprehensive insight and details about the always evolving weapons America's soldiers and law enforcement agencies and armed with.