Weapon Collection (#13)

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Fencing
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Fencing. Folio 96v

India. Sepoy Rebellion (1857). English delegation
India. Sepoy Rebellion (1857). India revolution that erupted as a reaction against British colonial policy. In 1857 the sepoys revolted and deprived of all authority to the East India Company (1858)

Sepoy. India
India. Sepoy Rebellion (1857). India revolution that erupted as a reaction against British colonial policy. In 1857 the sepoys revolted and deprived of all authority to the East India Company (1858)

The American Suction Tank, WW1 Heath Robinson
The American Suction Tank for drawing the enemy from his dug-out. An idea for a new form of weapon, based on a correspondents suggestion to William Heath Robinson during the First World War

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

Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, WW1
Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, 2nd Company, with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918

German soldier standing to attention, WW1
German soldier standing to attention with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918

WWI Poster, Halt! Who goes there?
Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend, join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Hundred Years War. Siege of Reims by King Edward III of England from December 1359 to January 1360. Engraving after the 15th century Chronicles (Chroniques) by Jean Froissart. Engraving

VALTURIO, Roberto (1405-1475). De re militari. 1446 - 1455. Military engineering treaty. Project of chariot of war. 1470 edition. Watercolour. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Capitular Library

RICHARD I of England, called the Lion-Heart (1157-1199). King of England (1189-1199). Richard the Lionheart, John of Gaunt, Edward III, Joan Plantagenet and Philippa of Hainault. Engraving

Isabella I the Catholic (1451-1504). Queen of Castilla y Leon (1474-1504). Reproduction of the sword of the queen Isabella. Middle Age. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Rome. Roman archer. Sculpture. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Museum of Roman Civilization

Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914
British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron

Atom Bombs
Atomic bombs of the types dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Little Boy the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Date: circa 1945

French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the throwers wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the mans hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap

Model of artillery piece, WW1
Model of an artillery piece, the barrel made out of different sized bullets on a wooden carriage with spoked wooden wheels covered with brass. Trench Art

Model of a Skoda 8cm Mountain / Field Gun, WW1
Model of a Skoda 8cm Mountain/Field Gun. Trench Art

WW2 poster, To the Merchant Navy, Thank You! Date: 1940s

Monster Gun of Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Monster Gun of Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. This enormous iron cannon was built during the reign of Raghunatha Nayak (17th century), and is thought to be one of the largest in the world

British soldier standing sentry in a trench, WW1
A British soldier standing sentry in a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German land mines by G. H. Davis
German land mines: an important weapon used on a large scale by retreating German armies during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Human torpedo in action by G. H. Davis
A human torpedo in action: a two-man crew working together to sink an enemy warship during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Davis non-recoil gun by G. H. Davis
The Davis non-recoil gun: its possibilities in air warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Types of aeroplane shell guns by G. H. Davis
An answer to the tank during the Second World War: types of aeroplane shell guns. Including the Hispano-Suiza moteur-canon gun, found effective by the French in knocking out tanks

Diagram of a torpedo by G. H. Davis
The most destructive naval weapon of the Second World War: the torpedo. Its working and methods of firing diagrammatically explained. Date: 1939

New anti-submarine torpedo by G. H. Davis
An acoustic torpedo which seeks out its prey: the new anti-submarine weapon which alters course and depth in pursuit of its target, diagrammatically explained. Date: 1950

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

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

German Gewehr 88 rifle with face guard
German Gewehr 88 bolt-action rifle, in service from 1888 until the early part of the First World War. The face guard may be a later addition. (2 of 4) Date: 1888-1915

Austrian Kaiserjaeger soldiers, WW1
Austrian Kaiserjaeger (Tyrolean regiment) soldiers during the First World War. They are fighting an Italian Bersaglieri battalion in the southern Tyrol. Date: circa 1917

The Desideratum shotgun by Cogswell & Harrisons new hammerless gun Date: 1882

Aboriginal weapons and implements
Drawing 78 from the Watling Collection titled Wig goon, Womarang, Woo da by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Belgian gun with folding bayonet. SPAIN. Vitoria

Gun made by Ignacio Alberdi, Eibar 1851. SPAIN
" Gun made by " Ignacio Alberdi", Eibar 1851. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)."

Armed London fireman reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his wife and daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations in which the Massey Shaw

York railway station with H. L. Oakley silhouette posters
York railway station in the north east of England, with H. L. Oakley silhouette recruitment posters on display outside, probably during the early stages of the First World War. circa 1914-1915

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle

Fiat 2000 Italian heavy tank, WW1
A Fiat 2000 Italian heavy tank, in production from 1917, in service from 1918 (though it did not take part in combat), weighing 40 tons. Date: March 1918

American soldiers at Watou, Flanders, Belgium, WW1
American soldiers in action in a shallow trench at Watou, West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 July 1918

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

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

Austrian artillery with anti-aircraft gun, WW1
Austrian artillery with an anti-aircraft gun during the First World War, probably on the Italian front. Date: 1914-1918

Kurdish soldiers in Turkish army, WW1
Kurdish soldiers in the Turkish army, defenders of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

African warriors fighting
Combat between warring tribes: cannibals of the Amalemos people fight the Bechuanas in Africa. Date: 18th Century

Austrian soldier with defence shield, Galicia, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian soldier holding a defence shield in front of him in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Firefly, river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1
HMS Firefly, a British river Fly-class gunboat, with gun in action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Captured by the Turks in 1915, and recaptured by the British in 1917

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