Ammunition Collection (page 6)

Italian soldiers fighting in the Dolomites
The Italians fought a ferocious war in the mountains of the Dolomites during the First World War - not only against each other but also against the hostile conditions. Date: circa 1916

Austrian weapons captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian weapons captured by the Russians at Podvolochisk, Galicia (now Ukraine) during the First World War. A box of shells is propped up against the wheel of a field gun carriage. Date: 1914-1918

Russian troops with ammunition, WW1
Russian troops with ammunition during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American and French ammunition, France, WW1
American and French ammunition being transported to the front at the start of the Aisne-Marne Offensive in northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 18 July 1918

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German machine gun, Grandpre, France, WW1
The German machine gun that held US troops at Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 6 November 1918

Turkish troops with flag, WW1
Men of the Turkish army with a large flag during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

American soldiers at Citroen Munitions, France, WW1
American soldiers lunching at Citroen Munitions in France during the First World War. Date: August 1918

American troops with 75 mm French field gun, France, WW1
American troops in action with a 75 mm French field gun on the western front in France during the First World War. Date: 1918

New Zealand gunners loading ammunition, France, WW1
New Zealand gunners loading a limber with ammunition near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig, WW1
Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig -- the wording of a Resolution passed at the Trade Union Conference at Caxton Hall on 18 July 1916

American ammunition transport, Soulosse, France, WW1
American troops of the 101st company transporting ammunition through Soulosse-sous-Saint-Elophe in north eastern France during the First World War

American troops in action, Beauges sur Aire, France, WW1
American troops in action at Beauges sur Aire, northern France, during the First World War. They are firing rifle grenades. Date: 23 October 1918

Ammunition supplies by donkey, North Africa, WW1
Ammunition supplies are delivered by donkey to the front in North Africa during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Remains of ammunition dump, La Boisselle, France, WW1
The remains of a destroyed ammunition dump outside La Boisselle, northern France, during the First World War. Date: October 1916

British gunners loading a shell, Western Front, WW1
British gunners loading a shell into a field gun on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Artillerymen in the snow with shells, WW1
Artillerymen in the snow with shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Close-up of 9. 2 inch Howitzer shells, WW1
A close-up of 9.2 inch Howitzer shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

British and French soldiers, Bas Maisnil, France, WW1
Two British officers (Davidson and Churchill) of the 1st Cameronians (Cameron Highlanders) with two French artillerymen, alongside a 75mm French field gun and ammunition wagon at Bas Maisnil

German troops on a road, Western Front, WW1
German troops on a road somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Two dead horses are lying to the left of the road, and gun carriages and ammunition are scattered around

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, WW1
British 9.2 inch Howitzer, designed in 1913 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Date: 1914-1918

British artillery in action, Western Front, WW1
British artillery in action against the German position in northern France, Western Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Captured Ottoman Turkish Shells, Baghdad Iraq - WWI era. Date: circa 1916

Scottish Highlander writing home
A Scottish Highlander writing home to his beloved. The postcard carries the byline: " Oh! Hang the Censor." Date: 1917

Pulling Naval Gun
A strange sight in Hyde Park, London - the gun team of the Royal Naval Reserve, dragging their gun on limber beside Rotten Row. Date: 24 February 1930

Shells for Guns Woolwich
700 pound shells for 38 ton guns at Woolwich Arsenal Date: 1879

Waltham Gunpowder Mills
Her Majestys (Queen Victoria s) Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey. Date: 1854

Ammunition / Woolwich / 1862
Casting shot and shell for 100-pounder Armstrong guns at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London Date: 1862

Ammunition / Woolwich / 1877
Putting the finishing touches to Palliser shells at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London Date: 1877

British Troops in Brunei
Ammunition boxes make an improvised, but effective pillbox for British troops in Brunei. The light automatic weapon held by the soldier on the left is a bren gun modified to take Nato ammunition

Large field gun at night
A large field gun at night, with soldiers and a large pile of shells

Two soldiers loading a mortar from a trench during the First World War

Battlefield with mortar rounds and running soldiers
Distant view of a battlefield during the First World War, with mortar rounds exploding and soldiers running

German Field gun WWI
German Field gun in action on the Western Front during World War I

Battle of the Scarpe WWI
After a direct hit on a German ammunition wagon in Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of the Scarpe at the Battle of Arras during World War I

Destroyed German cart WWI
Wrecked German ammunition cart on the Western Front during World War I

Unloading supplies WWI
Unloading ammunition at Gallipoli during World War I

New Zealand soldiers WWI
New Zealand machine gunners fitting machine belts during World War I

Loading ammunition WWI
Loading ammunition into a 400mm gun on the Somme during World War I

French ammunition WWI
French ammunition stored for the artillery during World War I

Austrian Navy - Anschluss
Receiving ammunition in the gun turret of the Monitor Birago of the Austrian Danube Navy

War Effort WWII
A bomb making factory showing the production of bombs in the machine room during World War II

Royal visit to ammunition factory
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit an ammunition factory in Birmingham doing their bit for the war effort during World War II

William Peel throwing a live shell
Captain William Peel (1824 - 1858) depicted in the act of bravery that won his first Victoria Cross during the Crimean War

D-Day - American troops taking cover
American troops, including a heavy machine gunner (r) take shelter behind an earth bank during the assault on the normandy coast

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