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Background imageAmmunition Collection: New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis

New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis
The Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Gun Running by Ulster Volunteer Force

Gun Running by Ulster Volunteer Force
Rifles and ammunition are landed at Donaghadee, County Down, by the Ulster Volunteer Force and loaded onto a charabanc usually used in the summer for tourists to the area

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1

Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1
German ammunition wagons destroyed by British artillery fire near Mametz Wood on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British Square / Pollilur

British Square / Pollilur
British East India troops under Colonel Baille form a square, offering meagre resistance to assault by the Indian army of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali at Pollilur

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British Troops Gallipoli

British Troops Gallipoli
British troops advance on mass up the cliffs at Gallipoli off the Dardanelles straits. " Short of ammunition but still they press on, the true bulldog rush of our troops"

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Women workers, World War I

Women workers, World War I
Women workers packing fuse heads in the Coventry Ordnance Works during World War I

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Ammunition Bus, First World War

Ammunition Bus, First World War
Motor bus loaded with ammunition and well guarded leaving the magazine in Hyde Park during World War I

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British soldier bears to the firing line WWI

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British artillery men with shells, WW1

British artillery men with shells, WW1
British gunners posed with a large pile of 18 pr. field-gun shells which, according to The Sphere, " are to pound German trenches level with the earth." Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Lance Corporal - Grenadier Guards

Lance Corporal - Grenadier Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Grenadier Guards

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Submarines against the Japanese, 1944

Submarines against the Japanese, 1944
A double page spread in The Sphere, 1944, entitled " Submarines against the Japs: British underwater craft operating in the Far East." On the left hand page

Background imageAmmunition Collection: An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917

An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Longueval 1916

Longueval 1916
A convoy of British ammunition carts passes through the devastated remains of the village of Longueval, in the heart of the Somme region

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British soldier in uniform, 1915, WW1

British soldier in uniform, 1915, WW1
A British private soldier, commonly known as a Tommy with annotations showing the tools and equipment that made up his kit when marching to the trenches during the First World War

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Canon de 75mm Antiaerien Mle 1913-1917

Canon de 75mm Antiaerien Mle 1913-1917, mounted on a De Dion Bouton chassis, with the ammunition carrier also mounted on a De Dion Bouton, Date: circa 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Oerliken 20mm cannon on a Mk.XIV Quadruple mount

Oerliken 20mm cannon on a Mk.XIV Quadruple mount.The Mark XIV quad had cannon modified to use belt ammunition, but this project was abandoned in favour of the twin 40mm Bofors. Date: circa 1943

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Douglas a-26 Invader bombers close to Bonn, Germany

Douglas a-26 Invader bombers close to Bonn, Germany
Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: Douglas a-26 Invader bombers dropping their munitions on an ammunition dump close to Bonn, Germany

Background imageAmmunition Collection: German parachute troops, WW2

German parachute troops, WW2
Germanys Newest Weapon - The Parachute Troops. The New Method of Warfare in the Attack on the Low Countries. Date: 1940

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Ammunition wagon on its way to Admiral Ferry, Lake Erie, USA

Ammunition wagon on its way to Admiral Ferry, Lake Erie, USA early 1900s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Gibralter South Port - munitions on dockside

Gibralter South Port - munitions on dockside - Victorian period

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 Unloading ammunition near Le Sars, France - March 1917

WW1 Unloading ammunition near Le Sars, France - March 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Unloading ammunition, Le Sars-Pys Road, March 1917

Unloading ammunition, Le Sars-Pys Road, March 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Pack horses carrying ammunition near Aveluy Wood

Pack horses carrying ammunition near Aveluy Wood, September 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 - Pack horses taking ammunition to the front

WW1 - Pack horses taking ammunition to the front line near Aveluy Wood - September 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 Remains of an ammunition lorry, Forest of

WW1 Remains of an ammunition lorry, Forest of Nieppe, 8th July 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Remains of an ammunition lorry Forest Of Nieppe

Remains of an ammunition lorry Forest Of Nieppe 8th July 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British Munitions factory during WW1

British Munitions factory during WW1

Background imageAmmunition Collection: A Flechette WW1

A Flechette WW1 Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Honley Scotgate Munitions Workers early 1900s

Honley Scotgate Munitions Workers early 1900s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition, words and music by Frank Loesser. Date: circa 1942

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Fitting An Ammunition Belt

WW2 - R. A. F. Fitting An Ammunition Belt
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 Royal Air Force man fitting an ammunition belt. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW2 Christmas Card, Soldier's Greetings

WW2 Christmas Card, Soldier's Greetings
A WW2 Christmas greetings card, the illustration portrays a jolly soldier holding a drink and some mistletoe behind his back, he is surrounded by a mixture of xmas decorations and ammunition

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW2 Fighter Plane, Ammunition Loading

WW2 Fighter Plane, Ammunition Loading
An illustration which shows a pair of British Royal Air Force airmen loading ammunition for the guns which fire through the wings. Date: 1941

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Attre ammunition dump

Attre ammunition dump after a bombing raid on 9 March 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Void

Void
This painting depicts a landscape terrorised by war, with broken trees filling the background, and a savage mess of guns, ammunition and a military vehicle making up the foreground

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Hausa soldiers cutting the bush with their bayonets

Hausa soldiers cutting the bush with their bayonets
Agroup of Hausa soldiers (The largest ethnic group in sub-Saharan Africa) cutting down the bush with their bayonets surrounding their encampment

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Boer and British munition mementos

Boer and British munition mementos
Photograph shows the Boer and British munitions (cartridges) shot, used in the second Boer War (11th October 1899- 31st May 1902)

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to British fighters

Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to British fighters
Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to hard-pressed British fighters Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Military Men With Heavy Artillery

Military Men With Heavy Artillery
An oil painting used as a design for a mural decoration for the Public Library of Melbourne, showing some military men, loading some heavy artillery with ammunition. Date: circa 1924

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British graveyard on Western Front, WW1

British graveyard on Western Front, WW1
A British graveyard on the Western Front in France during World War One. A smashed railway track can be seen, as well as German ammunition left after a retreat

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Breechloader rifle, in use around 1700. Ammunition is loaded via the rear end of

Breechloader rifle, in use around 1700. Ammunition is loaded via the rear end of the barrel. Date: circa 1700

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Furnace for making cannon balls in the days of Trafalgar

Furnace for making cannon balls in the days of Trafalgar. circa 1805

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Oglethorpe Fails in Attack on St. Augustine

Oglethorpe Fails in Attack on St. Augustine
Part of the War of Jenkins Ear between Great Britain and Spain, James Oglethorpe led a band of English soldiers, militia, and Chickasaw and Creek Nation soldiers

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Bomb Store, Basra, Iraq, WW1

Bomb Store, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Bomb Store, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Calendar, June 1915, WW1

Calendar, June 1915, WW1
Calendar, June 1915 -- Munitions, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British soldier about to throw a hand grenade, during the storming of a German trench

British soldier about to throw a hand grenade, during the storming of a German trench

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian troops take their Maxim machine guns into the firing line on the Western Front in

Indian troops take their Maxim machine guns into the firing line on the Western Front in France. The ammunition is carried in boxes behind Date: 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: A Russian wagon, bringing up supplies of ammunition, is blown up by a French shell

A Russian wagon, bringing up supplies of ammunition, is blown up by a French shell Date: 1855

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877

Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877
Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877

Background imageAmmunition Collection: 1798 MCGEE FIGHTS REBELS

1798 MCGEE FIGHTS REBELS
The Reverend McGhees house successfully defended against the Rebels: Gentlemen load and fire weapons from windows whilst lady (at fireplace) manufactures lead shot. Date: June 1798

Background imageAmmunition Collection: 1798 MAKING SHOT, SIEGE

1798 MAKING SHOT, SIEGE
Gentlemen load and fire weapons from windows whilst lady (at fireplace) manufactures lead shot. Date: June 1798

Background imageAmmunition Collection: SERBIAN TROOPS 1916

SERBIAN TROOPS 1916
Serbian troops in a mountain trench on the Salonika Front the treacherous mountain range between Albania and Greece. Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Guy Fawkess cellar

Guy Fawkess cellar
Guy Fawkes was put in charge of this cellar directly under the Houses of Parliament where the conspiritors hid their ammunition

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 - New Zealand Anzac Troops loading ammunition, France

WW1 - New Zealand Anzac Troops loading ammunition, France. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910

Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910 (c). Commercially produced model; fitted with blast deflector; associated mount and tripod, wooden box of spares

Background imageAmmunition Collection: 8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India

8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India
8th Battery, 13th Brigade, RFA Camp, with field guns and ammunition carts, Bangalore, India. Date: 1912

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains

Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains
Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Gun post in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. The Rif War was an armed conflict fought during the first half of the 1920s between the colonial power Spain

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1

Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1
Cartoon, After the explosion. A naive new recruit in a trench on the Western Front comments that these shells break as soon as they hit the ground! Date: 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Women working in munitions factory, WW1

Women working in munitions factory, WW1
Women working in a munitions factory during the First World War. 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: German or Austrian soldiers with hand grenades, WW1

German or Austrian soldiers with hand grenades, WW1
German or Austrian soldiers throwing hand grenades during the First World War. 10 September 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1

English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1
English dum-dum bullets and part of their packaging found in a dugout at Margival, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making

Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, WW1

Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, WW1
Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, one male, one female. The man asks the woman: What does your husband do at the moment? She replies: He stays at home and mends my silk stockings. Date: 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Chislehurst caves during WWII

Chislehurst caves during WWII
Chislehurst caves, Kent, during WWII. Mothers in bunks and babies in cots deep underground in their cave shelter. 1944

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives

WWI Poster, Appeal to cotton operatives
Appeal to Cotton Operatives. WWI Recruitment poster aimed at the men of the cotton industry to join up or make munitions, and for women to take their place in the mills. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation

WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Key to the Situation, Munitions, Men and Money, are YOU helping to turn it? Date: 1915

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 Poster -- Silver Bullets

WW1 Poster -- Silver Bullets
You have in your pocket Silver Bullets that will stop the Germans. Lend them to your Country by investing in the War Loan today

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Allied soldiers on small ammunition train, WW1

Allied soldiers on small ammunition train, WW1
Allied soldiers riding on a small ammunition train on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Siege Weapon - Catapault

Siege Weapon - Catapault
A detailed drawing of a 16th century catapult, indicating its various and numerous forms of ammunition. Date: 1588

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Large Mounted Crossbow

Large Mounted Crossbow
A large mounted crossbow capable of firing a wide range of projectiles from iron balls to fire bombs and metal lances Date: 1588

Background imageAmmunition Collection: British Soldier and his Mother - Boer War uniform

British Soldier and his Mother - Boer War uniform
British Soldier and his Mother - wearing Boer War uniform - sentimental postcard Date: circa 1904

Background imageAmmunition Collection: WW1 - In Picardy - Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun

WW1 - In Picardy - Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun
WW1 - In Picardy - The Noble British Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun... A British soldier stands over the body of a dead German soldier in a trench on the Western Front

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Arab of Lawrence Squad

Arab of Lawrence Squad
One of the Arab irregular soldiers who formed T.E. Lawrences flying squad. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1

Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1
Men of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) on a supply dump of trench mortar ammunition (nicknamed toffee apples), at Acheux, northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1916

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1

Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1
Serbian gunners with Russian machine guns in firing position near Obrenovici, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions, WW1

Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions, WW1
Austro-Hungarian soldiers carrying munitions on their backs during the First World War. Date: 19 September 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1

Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1
Men of the Royal Horse Artillery on parade, with horses and gun carriages, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi

A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi, Kenya (then British East Africa), standing to rigid attention in full ceremonial costume Date: 1918

Background imageAmmunition Collection: The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghams castle-like town prison was erected in 1748. It was closed following the nationalisation of the prison system in 1877

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917

Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917
Pack horses of the Canadian Field Artillery carrying 18 pounder shells at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Boer War soldier in South Africa

Boer War soldier in South Africa
George Coulson, Imperial Yeomanry, while serving in the Boer War, South Africa. He died of malaria on 7 June 1901. 1890s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2

Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2
Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, organised by ENSA. circa 1940s

Background imageAmmunition Collection: Brave Women Who Wait by F G Kimberley

Brave Women Who Wait by F G Kimberley
Flyer headed Brave Women - Who Wait, or The Munitions Girls Love Story by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced Wolverhampton on 29th November 1915 and Elephant and Castle 21st January 1916



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