Weapon Collection (page 10)

WW2 poster, Flying Bomb or Doodlebug
WW2 Air Ministry poster, Flying Bomb or Doodlebug seen in cross-section. Date: 1944

Cartoon, Family man, WW1
Cartoon, Family man. A middle aged French soldier reprimands a young German soldier for shooting at him. He says if he didn t have a boy of his age, he would give him a couple of slaps. Date: 1916

Royal Horse Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1
Sergeant-Major Dorrell and Sergeant Nelson of the Royal Horse Artillery, remaining alone to work the last gun of L Battery during the retreat from Mons

Royal Field Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1
Captain Douglas Reynolds, Driver J H C Drain and Driver F Luke of the Royal Field Artillery, saving the gun from hostile fire at Le Cateau, for which they won the Victoria Cross

WW1 - British bomb used in Gallipoli, 1915
WW1 - A report documenting evidence of one of the great bombs used by the allied airmen in Gallipoli. Date: 1915

Pneumatics of an air rifle.. Pneumatics of the Girandoni air rifle showing the air reservoir in the butt and lead bullets in a magazine, and loading mechanism

Boys with toy guns, Balham, SW London
Four boys with three toy guns on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

CURRIER and IVES. Capturing the whale. Litography

Carolingian Empire (s. VIII). Duel Scene between two knights. Carolingian art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Italian artillery retreat
Retreating in the face of an Austrian advance, Italian artillerymen pitch their gun over a mountain precipice into the valley below

Plutonium Atomic Bomb
Fat Man Atomic bomb of the types dropped on Nagasaki. Little Boy was the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Date: 1945

Avro Vulcan XL392 Le Bourget
83 Squadron was the first to receive Mk2 Vulcans. From 1962 to 1964 XL392 was based at RAF Scampton and carried the Yellow Sun nuclear weapon until replaced by Blue Steel. Date: 1963

Eugene Turpin, inventor of turpinite, WW1
Eugene Turpin, French inventor and chemist who in 1884, first discovered melinite (picric acid) which produced the worlds first explosive shells

Maori Weapons and Implements of War, with Warriors preparing for a fight. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

Aircraft machine guns by G. H. Davis
The principal weapon in air fighting during the Second World War: aircraft machine guns. American, British, French, German and Italian machine guns, capable of firing 1000-1200 rounds per minute

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

Satirical cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II, WW1
The Little Tin God, satirical cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the start of the First World War. He is shown with six arms, like a Hindu god, holding various weapons in his hands

Three Polish soldiers, WW1
Three Polish soldiers during the First World War. From left to right: artillery officer of Marshal Pilsudskis legions; sergeant of 1st Lancers

French poster advertising war bonds, WW1
French poster encouraging people to buy war bonds to help win the First World War. A soldier with his arm raised says: We ll Get Them! Date: 1914-1918

Two British soldiers, WW1
Two British soldiers during the First World War, one equipped for normal conditions on the Western Front, the other for winter snow. Date: 1914-1918

French Chauchat light machine gun, WW1
A French Chauchat light machine gun, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. It was named after Colonel Louis Chauchat, a major contributor to its design

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

Details of the V2 rocket bomb by G. H. Davis
Details of the German V2 rocket bomb, comparing its size with a V1, a house and a London bus. A comparison of its fuel economy with a Lancaster bomber

Australian Aborigines hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs
Australian Aboriginals hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs and young Aboriginal children swinging on ropes tied to a tree. Date: circa 1903

Rifle, musket, carbine and gun. Tower brand
" Rifle, musket, carbine and gun. " Tower" brand. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)."

Badge of S. H. A. E. F
Badge of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (abbreviated as SHAEF, pronounced " shafe" ), the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe

Stick of dynamite
Nobel - Stick of Dynamite/ Dynamite Cartridge

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping