Weapons Collection (page 15)

Four British Stokes Mortars, used during WW1
Four British Stokes Mortars, used during the First World War. From left to right, they measure 3, 4, 3 and 6 inches respectively

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

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

Anti-aircraft gun, Skinny Liz, Western Front, WW1
An anti-aircraft gun with the name Skinny Liz painted on it, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Krupp 6-Pounder Gun 1851
Krupps first six-pounder field gun, as shown at the Great Exhibition Date: 1851

Soldiers in trench with fixed bayonets
A group of soldiers in a trench with fixed bayonets, 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

Battle of Broodseinde
Silhouette of an anti aircraft gun (13 pounder 9 cwt) mounted on a motor lorry being fired by soldiers at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4th October 1917 during World War I

Trabzon, Turkey - Men of the Laz Tribe
Laz costumes worn by a group of heavily armed men at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

German V2 Rocket 1945
The V2 Vergeltungswaffe (revenge weapon) rocket was the first long-range ballistic missile, carrying a 1-tonne warhead which it delivered at a speed of 5000 k/h

Medieval Spearman
A Spearman steadies himself to throw a short spear. A small round shield protects him from enemy arrows

Cross-Section / Air Rifle
Air-gun - section through the rifle showing the method of loading

French Set up Field Gun
French artillerymen set up a 95 siege gun. Date: circa 1900

MAXIM GUN (IWN, 1915)
MAXIM GUN Diagrammatic view of the gun and its mechanics

Nobel Dynamite Factory
Nobels dynamite factory at Arigliana, Italy, destroyed by an explosion on 13 May 1890

Siege weapons, a battering ram and a crow
Two siege weapons in action -- a battering ram being attacked by a Crow (Corvus) equipped with pincers

Assyria / Warrior Costume
ANCIENT ASSYRIA Protective clothing and weaponry of Ancient Assyrian Warriors

Roman Catapult
ROMAN SIEGE WEAPON

Matchlocks and other firearms
Various firearms -- an English Matchlock, a 1615 Spanish Matchlock, a Spanish Wheel Lock Rifle, a Tuscan Double Wheel Lock, plus bandoliers and spanner

Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeats the Carthaginian leader Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, near Carthage in North Africa

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to frighten the enemy

Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, Morocco
MOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa

Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier
Men of Aka Khel, a Pashtun Afghan tribe on the North West Frontier. Date: circa 1890s

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

A British heavy gun in action, WW1. 1914-1918

Victorian Scrap - Navy Landing with Nordenfelt Gun. late 19th century

The Old English Pike Exercise, Plate 1. 1794

The Old English Halbert Exercise, Plate 4, Double Armed Men &c. 1794

American and Canadian troops, WW1
American and Canadian troops during the First World War. Although America did not join the war officially until April 1917, an American Legion had already gone into action, consisting of 16

French spoils from China exhibited at Tuileries, 1861
French spoils from China recently exhibited at the Palace of the Tuileries. Treasures and valuable objects sent home from the Summer Palace as a present to Napoleon III

Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, WW1
Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, First World War, with an Italian soldier standing alongside. Date: 1914-1918

Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, WW2
Advertisement, Ministry of Labour Munition Concerts, organised by ENSA. circa 1940s

Man posing with rifle, wearing civilian clothes and a Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment badge on his hat. circa 1910

A very tired 2 / Lt Clady, Operations
Photograph: A very tired 2/Lt Clady, Operations. Black and white official photograph showing the soldier sitting on a grass verge with his head in his hands and weapons beside him

The Babes in the Wood and the Wicked Robbers, London
The Babes in the Wood and the Wicked Robbers, Crystal Palace Theatre, London, December 1904 -- Mr Humphrey E Brammalls Fourth Grand Pantomime

Henry Bolingbroke and Richard II. late 14th century

Ashanti native costume, West Africa. 19th century

Communist China - sorting weapons and ammunition
Communist China - soldiers sorting weapons and boxes of ammunition captured from the enemy, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

Communist China - soldiers in wartime, taking time out for political study and discussion, while others look out for enemy action, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Communist China - Palestinian women guerrillas
Palestinian women guerrillas training with heavy guns to gain the skills to fight the enemy - the Peoples Republic of China was a supporter of Palestine against the State of Israel during the 1950s

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

Communist China - guerrilla soldiers taking part in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

Last Konigsberg gun to be destroyed, Masasi, WW1
Last Konigsberg gun to be destroyed in Masasi, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Preparing trench mortars, East Africa, WW1
Preparing trench mortars for a push into Portuguese East Africa during WW1. 1917

Indian troops on the move, Lindi theatre, East Africa, WW1
Indian troops on the move, Lindi theatre, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Mameluke on horseback, Bedouin Arab soldier
A Mameluke (Mameluk) on horseback with a Bedouin Arab soldier. 1817

Anti-aircraft train on a track in postwar Germany
Anti-aircraft train on a railway track in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Duke of Wellington monument, Gibraltar
Duke of Wellington monument and cannon, Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1905

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