Weapons Collection (page 37)

Captured Russian bombs WWII
Captured Russian bombs for use in trench mortars, some of the heavier types are equipped with a revolving fan. Finland during World War II

Finnish defences WWII
Soldiers standing in defences in Finland during World War II

Machine gun WWII
Two soldiers moving a machine gun into position during World War II in Finland

Munitions Factory WWII
An enormous Naval gun being lowered into a heated tube for tempering at a munitions factory during World War II

Guards of the Ottoman Bank and the Ambassador of Austria
Studio photographic portraits of the guard of the Ottoman Bank and the guard of the Ambassador of Austria in Constantinople, Turkey

Archer in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A man with a bow and arrows in a field in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

French Front 1916
12 inch gun on railway mounting in action at Maricort, Somme on the French Front in France during World War I in 1916

Interpreter and guard for travellers
A superb postcard showing an interpreter and guard that a traveller could hire for translation and protection!

Australian Howitzer 1918
An Australian Howitzer in action in the Somme Offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Battle of Arras 1918
Portuguese gunners receiving instruction at a 9.2 inch Howitzer gun actually in action at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in July 1918

Bashibazouks or Bashi-Basouks ( Damaged head - leaderless ) - irregular troops of the Turkish Army known for their lack of discipline

Crossbowman
A 16th century French crossbowman

Crossbow
A 16th century crossbow

Trebuchet
A Trebuchet siege engine from the 16th century

First Battle of Bapaume 1918
A 60 pounder Mark II Battery in action in the open air near La Boisselle during the First Battle of Bapaume on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

First Battle of Arras 1918
Field gun batteries in action in the open during the First Battle of Arras in the Albert area on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

Howitzer battery 1917
An 8 inch Mark V Howitzer battery (135th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery) in action near Henin-sur-Cojeul during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War

Pilkem 1917
6 inch Howitzer gun ready for firing at Pilkem on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1917

Howitzer 1918
A Canadian 8 inch Howitzer in a camouflaged gun position in action in Thelus on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918

Howitzer 1918
A 12 inch Howitzer gun firing at Louez on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

Moulain 1918
British 18 pounder gun batteries in action at Moulain on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Battle of the Canal du Nord 1918
A British 60 pounder gun firing in the barrage at dawn (zero was at 5.20am). Field batteries are moving forward on the right

Battle of Arras 1917
Battery of 60 pounders firing in the open at Feuchy Chapel, which is 3.75 miles from Arras and was the limit of the first days advance on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Howitzer 1917
12 inch Howitzer gun and ammunition under camouflage netting at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Soldiers with mortar 1917
Soldiers of the York and Lancaster regiment in the trenches with a mortar on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1917

Howitzers in action 1917
British Howitzer guns in action at the Battle of Arras offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Bargains in Bombs
Anarchists at sale on the Western Front. Several good hand-grenades, suitable for elections were sold. The auctioneers sidekick, Bairnsfathers creation, " Old Bill", tells one anarchist

60 pounder 1915
A 60 pounder gun of the 6th Division Artillery covering the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade, 6th and 27th Divisions in the Bois Grenier Sector on the Western Front in France

Gun inspection 1915
6th Siege Battery, 6 inch BL 30 cwt howitzer gun being examined by Inspector of Munitions, Major Browne, after No. 3 gun had burst on the Western Front in France during World War I on 17th March 1915

Battle of Hazebrouck 1918
18 pounder battery in action in the open near Meteren. Soldiers loading the gun at the Battle of Hazebrouck on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 13th April 1918

Vickers Machine Gun
Soldiers filling the water jacket on a Vickers Machine Gun on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Howitzer in the mud
6 inch 26 cwt Howitzer gun being manhandled through the mud near Pozieres during World War I in September 1918

Guards take aim in Sidney Street, East London
Members of the First Battalion Scots Guards lying in the roadway, taking aim during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Aerial torpedoes designed by an Australian engineer, Mr A Dunbar Wigram. They were expected to revolutionise the methods of modern warfare, by speeding over land and sea with a deadly aim

Prince of Wales (George V) at Dover
The Prince of Wales (soon to be George V) with Guards at Dover, Kent

Women war workers, USA
Women working on armaments in America

Camp Gordon, Georgia
American troops at Camp Gordon, Georgia

North Vietnam 1972
A group of North Vietnamese soldiers hold their rifles aloft as if in celebration of victory. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Men with bows and arrows, Madhya Pradesh, India
A group of native men with bows and arrows in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mendi Expedition. The native method of firing a cannon
The native method of firing a cannon (lighting it and sprinting away) during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1898

Bargains in Bombs by Bruce Bairnsfather
A group of sinister looking European anarchists assemble at an auction where British bombs are being auctioned by sale by a British officer in the aftermath of World War I

French machine-gunner 1916
French machine-gunner of the 10th Army with a CSRG Chauchat machine gun in the Somme area on the French front during World War I in August 1916

Towed Derelict Torpedo
Recovery of a lost torpedo by a fishing boat or patrol vessel. Finders received 5 pounds for salvaging derelict torpedoes and returning them to the Admiralty authorities

Greek soldier in Traditional Costume
A Greek soldier in Traditional Costume. He is bristling with a wide variety of weaponry!

Musket instruction, World War I
Muskeet instruction at the Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion during World War I on 30th November 1914

Shell Factory, World War I
An English Shell Factory during World War I

Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan, Egypt
Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan with traditional weapons having a fencing match

Bisharin Men dancing
The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan - close to Aswan

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