Howitzer Collection

Royal Field Artillery
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY Howitzer battery

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy

WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron
WW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery

Canadian gunners, Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, WW1
Canadian gunners firing a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

British Howitzer inspected by Maharaja of Patiala, WW1
A British 12 inch Mark III railway Howitzer being inspected by the Maharaja of Patiala (Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, 1891-1938) on the Western Front near Borre in France during the First World War

Battery firing at Japanese positions - Burma
A Battery commanded by Major O.T. Hackett fires a 3.7 Howitzer (light artillery) at Japanese positions in the Burma Hills - circa 1945. The Battery is itself under fire

A British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position

Howitzers in action, Western Front, WW1
Heavy howitzers in action on the Western Front, directed towards German trenches, First World War. 1914-1918

British soldiers with artillery, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British soldiers with artillery, including a Howitzer gun, in the bush in Duala, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 25 December 1915

British 6 inch Howitzer, near Achicourt, France, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War

Ww1 Gun Emplacement / 1918
A British gun emplacement on the Western Front: a Howitzer camouflaged under netting

Spain. New Plasencia Cannons. Experimental howitzer-mortar
Spain. The new Plasencia Cannons. Experimental howitzer-mortar nr. 1. Testing at the Torregorda camp (Cadiz) during the months of June to September 1882. Calibre 21 cm. Withstood 602 shots in tests

M109 155 mm calibre self-propelled howitzer
An M109 155 mm calibre self-propelled howitzer, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground. Date: 2006

Battle of Albert, 15 inch Howitzer, 1st July 1916

WW1 - Battle of Albert, France - 15 inch Howitzer in action - July 1916

WW1 British Field Howitzer in France Date: circa 1916

A Heavy Howitzer in France during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 A British Field Howitzer Date: circa 1916

WW II - American marine 155 howitzer gun Okinawa
Vintage photograph World War II - American marine 155 howitzer gun shelling Jaapanese on Okinawa

German howitzer pre-WWII
German Schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15cm) was a heavy field howitzer used by Germany

Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4.5 Howitzer shell case. Trench Art

Howitzer and Light Dragon - A Battery - The Chestnut Troop
Light Dragon tractor towing a 3.7-inch howitzer on Carriage Mk IV and limber of A Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

Austrian artillery troops in Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Austrian artillery troops outside their barracks in Brussels, Belgium, during the early part of the First World War, with an open-top car and cannon. Date: 1914

German guns made by Krupp, WW1
German guns made by Krupp, in use during the First World War. Above: the monster siege gun or howitzer, so heavy that 40 horses are needed to draw it

With the British heavy guns on the Western Front, Matania
A British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position

German gunners in action with 105mm howitzer, WW1
German gunners in action with a 105mm 98/09 light field howitzer gun on the Western Front during the First World War. It was designed and manufactured by Krupp. Date: 1914-1918

Royal Artillery with gun, WW1
Group photo, men of the Royal Artillery with their howitzer gun, Bonnie Mary. Date: 1914-1918

British 4 5 Howitzer shell case base - Army Service cap
A British 4.5 Howitzer shell case base made into an Army Service cap with the badge and shoulder title of the Royal Field Artillery. Trench Art

Teapot in the shape of a Howitzer artillery gun, WW1
Teapot in the shape of a Howitzer artillery gun, manufactured by G. Clews & Co, Belisha Registered No. 837446. Trench Art

German 21cm Howitzer shell case with engravings, WW1
A German 21cm Howitzer shell case with extensively engraved battle scenes taken from the works of Fortunino Matania. Trench Art

Captured German 21cm howitzers, WW1
Captured German 21cm howitzers at the end of the First World War. Date: November 1918

German 21cm howitzer in action, France, WW1
A German 21cm howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, being prepared for action in an emplacement in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia, WW1
An Austrian 305mm howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia (now in Ukraine), on the Eastern Front during the First World War. The gunners are sighting the gun ready for firing. Date: 1915

Austro-Hungarian howitzer in action, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian artillery battery at Prepolac, Serbia, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian mountain howitzer battery at Prepolac, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1
A German camouflage-painted howitzer, with several gunners, being transported by tractor along a road on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War

German 42cm Big Bertha howitzer, Western Front, WW1
A German 42cm Big Bertha howitzer in action on the Western Front during the First World War. It was manufactured by Krupp. Seen here with gunners, preparing to fire. Date: 1914-1918

British 6 inch Howitzer used during WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

Sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer, France, WW1
Gunners sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

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

8 inch Howitzer and gunners near Carnoy, France, WW1
An 8 inch Mark V Howitzer in a camouflaged emplacement near Carnoy, northern France, during the Battle of Albert, First World War. The gunners are all looking at the camera. Date: July 1916

Howitzer shell, Iron Ration, WW1
A 15 inch Howitzer shell on the ground, during the First World War, with the ironic words Iron Ration painted on it. Date: 1914-1918

Painting of British officers and artillerymen, WW1
An unattributed painting of four British Royal Artillery officers, headed by Major General Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell Uniacke (1866-1934), on the Western Front during the First World War

British artillery at Gallipoli WWI
Territorial gunners, from the 4th Glasgow Battery detached from 52nd Division, at Suvla firing a 5 inches Howitzer

Firing a heavy howitzer in France, WW1. 1914-1918

When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1
A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart

A Visit to the Alpini, by Bairnsfather
A Visit to the Alpini Of course, when one has got a howitzer up into a position like this

German Howitzer shell case - an Army Service cap
A German Howitzer shell case base made into an Army Service cap with the badge of the Royal Field Artillery, together with a shoulder title. Engraved on rim - France and Flanders. Trench Art

Silver pepper pot in the shape of a heavy Howitzer shell
A silver pepper pot in the shape of a heavy Howitzer shell. Hallmarked - H.W. - Lee & Wigfull - Henry Wigfull - Sheffield 1917. Commemorative Ware

British Artillery Howitzer shell case - Badge of Devonshires
A 1906 British Artillery Howitzer shell case engraved with the Regimental Badge of the Devonshires, together with laurel wreaths and general decoration. Trench Art

Tobacco jar made from a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Tobacco jar made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell case, dated 1915, with a matching lid. The base has copper handles and a copper inscription which reads Tobacco decorated with copper oak leaves

A Smiths H823 clock encased in a German 77 mm shellcase
A Smiths H823 clock encased in a German 77 mm. shellcase mounted on an AEG 15 HZ 14 fuse and resting on a German Howitzer shellcase base. Trench Art

Large German Howitzer shell-case in form of a jardiniere
Large German Howitzer shell-case in the form of a jardiniere. Trench Art

Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4.5 Howitzer shell case. Trench Art

Shadows of the Past by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in silhouette showing episodes with the Gunners (Royal Artillery) in France during World War One. Date: 1919

Chinese troops trained by Americans
At a base in India, An American corporal trains a Chinese gun crew to operate an American howitzer. The base was commanded by General Joseph Stilwell, known as Vinegar Joe Date: 1942

British heavy howitzer in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British heavy howitzer in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Abandoned German howitzer, Western Front, WW1
An abandoned German howitzer found during the British advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1
A six-inch British howitzer in action in the dust and heat of the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ben Tillett looking at a British howitzer, France, WW1
Ben Tillett, socialist politician and trade union leader, looking at a British howitzer on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Captured German howitzer on the Somme, WW1
British soldiers on the Somme with a captured German howitzer, World War One. Date: circa 1916

Allied gunners at work, Western Front, France, WW1
Allied gunners at work, sighting a 6-inch howitzer on a hot day on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Balfour visiting howitzer on Western Front, WW1
Arthur Balfour (central figure in flat cap) as Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd Georges wartime coalition government

Cartoon, Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer, WW1
Cartoon, Surprises in Store for England, 1. Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer. An imaginary scene showing German soldiers standing inside shell casings, ready to be fired at the enemy

Howitzers being unloaded at a railway station, 1939
Station porters at a small country station at an undisclosed location in Britain, unloading heavy calibre howitzers from railway trucks. Date: 1939

Firing a Howitzer, Western Front, WW1
British gunners firing a Howitzer on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

A 9. 2 Howitzer in action, 1939
Scene at a famous Army school of Artillery in Britain showing some of the latest and heaviest guns in action with men being trained to use them

British Howitzer in action on Western Frontin 1916: A type of artillery which owing to the steep angle at which its projectiles descend was of special value in the trench warfare of Worl Waa One

Japan - Mounted 28cm Howitzer dedicated to Ise Jingu Date: circa 1910

Japan - Mounted 24cm Howitzer Date: circa 1910

The Peninsula, Va. A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfields Brigade near Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862

Hanover Court House, Virginia (vicinity). 12-pdr. Howitzer captured by 17th New York & 12th Maine Regiments. (Butterfields Brigade). Date 1862 May. Hanover Court House, Virginia (vicinity). 12-pdr

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners with 15cm howitzer, France, WW1
German gunners in action with a 15cm howitzer in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

German 77mm field gun on howitzer carriage, WW1
A German 77mm Model 16 field gun on a howitzer carriage during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

German 15cm heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm heavy field howitzer gun, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 15cm howitzer, Picardy, France, WW1
A German 15cm heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service on the Western Front in Picardy, northern France, during the First World War

German 21cm long mortar howitzer guns, WW1
German 21cm long mortar howitzer guns, designed by Krupp, in action on the battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Austrian 15cm howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer (Skoda, 15cm) in action near Ladyna-Nova, Galicia, on the Eastern Front during the First World War

German 15cm Model 13 heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Seen here with shells superimposed on the photograph. Date: 1914-1918

Balfour visiting Howitzer 1916
Arthur Balfour (central figure in flat cap), as Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd Georges wartime coalition government

Howitzer towed by lorry near Merris, France, WW1
A British 6 inch howitzer being towed across a railway line by a lorry near Merris, northern France, at the time of the Battle of Hazebrouck (during the Battle of the Lys), First World War

German 15cm Model 13 howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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