Breech Collection

Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century

French Artillery - 9
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a shell to his mate to load their breech- loading Gribeauval cannon

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

Breech-loading railway gun in action, France, WW1
A breech-loading 9.2" railway gun in action, France, First World War. circa 1916

Sub Machine Gun, Thompson, . 45 In M1928A1
Thompson M1928A1. 45 in sub machine gun, 1940 (c); manufactured by the Auto-Ordnance Corporation, USA; breech stamped with British War Department ownership

Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Birmingham
Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Belmont Row, Birmingham, Guns and Rifles. 1890s

Krupp gun at Fort Chemenik, Gallipoli, Turkey
One of the Krupp guns at Fort Chemenik, Gallipoli, Turkey, with the breech block removed. The two men are officers of the 2nd Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Date: circa 1920s

Pierriers / Pattereras
PIERRIERS, vulgarly called PATTERERAS a variety of light open-breech cannon on swivel mountings Date: 1788

Gun breech screwing lathe

British 15 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1
The first of twelve 15 inch Breech Loading Siege Howitzers constructed from the design of Admiral Bacon, a Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works

GATLING GUN / / ILN / 1872
GATLING GUN Breech loading field artillery machine gun manufactured by Sir William Armstrong and Co. Date: 1872

Gun Drill on board a British battleship, c. 1896
Illustration showing a typical scene on board a British battleship as the gun crew of Royal Navy seamen hoist a cartridge towards the breech of their gun

Adams Breech-Loader
Adams Breech-loader

Cannon / 16Thc Spanish
Bronze breech-loading cannon of the Spanish Conquistadores

Pistols Breech-Loading
Breech-loading wheel-lock pistol, with an ivory stock - it was used in the time of Henry VIII

Various Rifles
Various rifles, showing details of loading mechanisms

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