Weapon Collection (#30)

Gun inspection 1915
6th Siege Battery, 6 inch BL 30 cwt howitzer gun being examined by Inspector of Munitions, Major Browne, after No. 3 gun had burst on the Western Front in France during World War I on 17th March 1915

Battle of Hazebrouck 1918
18 pounder battery in action in the open near Meteren. Soldiers loading the gun at the Battle of Hazebrouck on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 13th April 1918

Vickers Machine Gun
Soldiers filling the water jacket on a Vickers Machine Gun on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Battle of Pilkem Ridge
Shell carrying pack mules moving forward through the mud near Ypres at the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I on 1st August 1917

Howitzer in the mud
6 inch 26 cwt Howitzer gun being manhandled through the mud near Pozieres during World War I in September 1918

Beefeaters at the Tower of London
Beefeaters, guardians of the Tower of London, line up in full uniform as they are greeted by military officers

Guards take aim in Sidney Street, East London
Members of the First Battalion Scots Guards lying in the roadway, taking aim during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Aerial torpedoes designed by an Australian engineer, Mr A Dunbar Wigram. They were expected to revolutionise the methods of modern warfare, by speeding over land and sea with a deadly aim

Men with bows and arrows, Madhya Pradesh, India
A group of native men with bows and arrows in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mendi Expedition. The native method of firing a cannon
The native method of firing a cannon (lighting it and sprinting away) during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1898

French machine-gunner 1916
French machine-gunner of the 10th Army with a CSRG Chauchat machine gun in the Somme area on the French front during World War I in August 1916

Towed Derelict Torpedo
Recovery of a lost torpedo by a fishing boat or patrol vessel. Finders received 5 pounds for salvaging derelict torpedoes and returning them to the Admiralty authorities

Musket instruction, World War I
Muskeet instruction at the Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion during World War I on 30th November 1914

Shell Factory, World War I
An English Shell Factory during World War I

V1 bomb counter measures committee, 1944
The chairmen of the war cabinet committee on operational counter measures against the " flying bomb" or V1: Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P(centre), with leaders who directed the battle

1957 nuclear test: The men who dropped Britains H-bomb
Britains first nuclear weapons test took place on May 15th 1957, when a nuclear device was successfully exploded high in the air over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific

Home Guard demonstration
During a Home Guard intensive training course at Osterley Park, in the west London suburbs, a car pulling a trailer, supposed to represent a tank

Germanys Newest Weapon. By Fortunio Matania
An illustration by Fortunio Matania of Germanys parachute troops

A German trench-mortar, which was introduced to the British
A weapon which throws a 187 lb mine shell

French soldiers hoisting an artillery shell
Photograph of a sixteen-inch shell being hoisted into position by French soldiers for loading into its gun. The caption described the weapon as the modern lord of battle

A column of British grenadiers
British grenadiers, armed with what the caption described as the most deadly weapon of this murderous war, marching towards the front lines in July 1916

British 6-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a British 6-pounder anti-tank gun, on a British army parade ground, 1944. This type of weapon was used extensively by the British Army

Sikhs on the march
Indian troops on the march in September 1914. The Sikhs are identified by a stell quoit, the old-time national battlefield weapon of the Sikhs, in the Sepoys turbans

Colossal impudence: Protection against English gas-bombs
German illustration showing a German Red-Cross worker wearing protection against English gas-bombs. The image is accompanied by indignant ILN editorial

Cygnus into Swan
Cygnus, son of Poseidon, cannot be slain by a weapon, but Achilles crushes him with his foot, whereupon his father changes him into a swan

Fight in Paris Cafe / 1899
Right-wingers fight left- wingers in a Paris cafe

Atlas Becomes Mountain
Perseus, using the head of the gorgon Medusa as his weapon, changes Atlas, king of Mauretania, into a mountain which is still the highest region of Morocco

Travellers defending themselves from wolves
Travellers in a horse-drawn sleigh in 16th century Sweden defend themselves from attacking wolves with gun, crossbow and pike

Maori man, New Zealand
A Maori man, native of New Zealand

Street fight in the Haymarket, London
A street fight in the Haymarket, in Central London

Gatling gun - cartridges

Reishwehr / Sham Weapons
The Reichwehr (the German army) manoeuvres with sham weapons. Germany had been stripped of most of its military power under the Treaty of Versailles. Date: September 1926

Racial / India / Durani 1850
Indian Durani with a lethal-looking weapon

BULLETS / WOOLWICH / 1865(3)
The manufacture of bullets for the Ashantee expedition, at Woolwich Arsenal, London 3 of 4 Date: circa 1865

Weapon / Chariot / Ancientuk
CHARIOT - Ancient British chariot and examples of weaponry of that time

Arquebusier 17th Century
An Arquebusier insert the powder into his Arquebus, a portable long-barrelled pre- cursor to the musket, which had a wheel or match-lock action and a hook-shaped butt

Antoine a Chassepot
ANTOINE ALPHONSE CHASSEPOT French weapon designer, creator of the most famous French rifle

Shields & Spears 15th C
Various shields and spears from 15th century France

Western - Way to West
THE WAY TO THE WEST by Emerson Hough Witness this sweet ancient weapon of our fathers, the American rifle, maker of states, empire- builder

Pistol Shooting - 2
The correct position for a gentleman particpating in a pistol duel : he holds his weapon level with his line of sight

First Weapon
THE FIRST WEAPON

American soldiers with dogs in the Philippines
American soldiers fighting in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) let loose the dogs of war against native rebels

Matchlocks, gun and pistol
Various firearms -- a Matchlock Crossbow (from Bosworth), a Mameluke gun, a Persian matchlock and a Highland pistol

Siege in action, with siege weapons
A diagrammatic representation of a siege in action, showing a siege tower and fortifications, including an underground tunnel

Russian travellers defending themselves against wolves
Russian travellers in a troika defending themselves against a pack of wolves

Two Polish aviators confronted by hungry wolves
Two Polish aviators, forced to crash land in the forests of Transylvania, Romania, have to defend themselves against a pack of hungry wolves

Wolves attack a village in Romania
In Romania, hungry wolves invade a village and attack the inhabitants

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