The Gun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

durability of, 298–99

Kalashnikov on, 444n

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

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, 417n

propaganda on, 320–21

prototypes of, 316, 331–32

purchase prices of, 386

reliability of, 290, 298, 309, 313, 325, 326n, 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, 441n, 443n–44n

weight and size of, 300n, 309–10, 322

see also AR-15

M16 Controversies, The (McNaugher), 326n

M35 rounds, 162–63, 166

M-60, 266–68

M70, 16

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

M1903, 252–53, 271n

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

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, 363n, 419n

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, 424n

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, 424n, 426n

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., 326n

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, 265n, 364

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

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

AR-15 and, 441n

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

M1s used by, 253