Weapons Collection (page 11)

WW1 - Cartoon - John Bull Carries On
WW1 - John Bull is a national personification of Great Britain in general, and England in particular, especially in political cartoons

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

British Indian Army representatives, WW1
British Indian Army representatives: 1st Duke of Yorks Own Lancers (Skinners Horse), Artillery Gunner Mountain Battery, 33rd Punjabis, 43rd Erinpura Regiment, and 101st Grenadiers

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)

Women working in munitions factory, WW1
Women working in a munitions factory during the First World War. 1915

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

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

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

Six American soldiers caught in gas attack, WW1
Six American soldiers caught in a gas attack on the western front during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

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

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

Battle of Bizani - Surrender of Ottoman Garrison at Ioannina
The surrender of the Ottoman garrison of Ioannina (Jannina) after the Battle of Bizani fought between the Greek and the Ottoman forces during the last stages of the First Balkan War. Date: 1912

Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
Projectiles and cartridges of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

Russian machine gunners on eastern front, WW1
Russian machine gunners in action with a Maxim gun on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917

Two American soldiers bayonet training, France, WW1
Two American soldiers taking part in bayonet training in France during the First World War. Date: 1917

English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1
English dum-dum bullets and part of their packaging found in a dugout at Margival, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Gustav Krupp von Hohlen und Halbach
Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, nicknamed Taffi (1870-1950), who ran the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 to 1941

Heavy artillery in action, Western Front, WW1
Heavy artillery in action on the Western Front during the First World War, with black smoke hanging in the air. Date: 1914-1918

Richard Corfield distributing arms at Burao Fort
Richard Corfield, British colonial and leader of the mounted Camel Constabulary, distributing arms to friendlies in Burao Fort, Somalia just before the evacuation

Ufos / Foo Fighters
During World War Two, American bombers encounter foo fighters during a bombing raids on Germany; at first they are thought to be secret weapons

Stone Age Artifacts
Stone Age artifacts from Norway - tools and weapons made of worked stone

Stick of dynamite
Nobel - Stick of Dynamite/ Dynamite Cartridge

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