Weapons Collection (page 40)

Halt during March
A French regiment on the march halts after every 50 minutes to rest for 10 minutes. Their weapons and baggage are stacked in neat piles

French Sabre Practice
French cavalrymen practice using their sabres

French Laying Mines
French sappers laying mines, tunneling towards the enemy lines where they will plant mines which when detonated should destroy the enemys defences

French Sabre Practice 2
French cavalrymen practice using their sabres while mounted

Roman Battering Ram
Roman battering ram

Maxim Gun - Stanley
THE MAXIM GUN The explorer H M Stanley finds it useful during the Emin Pasha relief expedition in central Africa

Red Army / Ruhr 1920
The Red Army of the Ruhr. Communist workers are given weapons in Dortmund

WW1 / 1915 / POPE & AMERICA
Like Jesus clearing the traders from the Temple of Jerusalem, the Pope reproves the Americans for supplying arms to the Allies

Occupiers in Germany
The occupying forces find weapons hidden in a factory

French Artillery - 15
Loading a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale feeds a ball into the barrel

French Artillery - 14
Charging a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a ball to his mate

French Artillery - 7
An artilleryman of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale stands at the siege batteries of Metz, holding the ramrod with which he cleans and loads his gun

French Artillery - 11
One gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale steps back after loading the gun : his mate places the powder which will fire the cannon

French Artillery - 2
A soldier of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale sighting a cannon; behind him another gun is being loaded

French Artillery - 16
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale positions a ball in the barrel of a French muzzle-loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3)

French Artillery - 10
While enemy cavalry attack, a gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale uses his ramrod to ensure the charge is home in the barrel of his muzzle-loading gun

French Artilleryman
An officer of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale orders his men into position : another gun is already in place. Soon that distant village will be blown to bits

Chinese Rocket Launcher
Chinese rocket launcher: inaccurate but ingenious

Blowpipe Borneo 18C
BLOWPIPE used by Biajos or mountaineers of Borneo

Russian Artillery 1914
Russian artillery during the First World War

Fire-Breathing Horse
A mechanical horse that breathes fire

Fire Alarms Horses / 1555
Northern warriors use fires on mountaintops to alarm horses with flames and smoke

Moscow / Kremlin / Tsar Gun
The Tsar Gun in Moscow (it was never used)

Triangular Bombard 1555
Triangular bombard

Slings / Heated Stones
Using slings with heated stones

Bombarding Northern City
Artillery bombarding a northern city

Bombards 1555
Bombards firing on a city

Mixing House Girls Rubbing and Mixing Dynamite
Nobel explosives works at Ardeer, Scotland - women mixing dynamite

Madis Bows & Arrows 1888
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the desertion of the Madis leads to a battle between them and those who remain loyal

Using Fireships / 1555
Using fireships against coastal defences

Franco-Pruss / Strasbourg
A Prussian bombardment of Strasbourg, across water, at night, firing with canons

Naval Gun Carronade Brig
Naval gun - 12 pound carronade on a Brig of War

Shielded Artillery 1555
Shielded artillery

Northerners & Bow 1555
Northerners learning to use the bow

Wagon W / Rotating Blades
An armoured wagon with rotating blades

Fireboats Destroy Bridge
Using fireboats to destroy a wooden bridge

Vickers Tank Factory
Interior of Vickers-Armstrong tank factory

Experimental Gunnery A nervous crowd watch as a cannon is tested

Ww1 / Grenades
British troops making hand grenades using discarded tobacco tins during WW1

Roman Siege Works
Roman batteries of ballistas and catapults

Travellers defending themselves from wolves
Travellers in a horse-drawn sleigh in 16th century Sweden defend themselves from attacking wolves with gun, crossbow and pike

Mixing Acids Previous to Nitrating
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland

Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Avigliana, Italy

Dynamite at Nobel Works
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland

Weapons / Mines at Sea
Testing a mine constructed by the Nobel company, Sweden : blowing up a ship

Weapons / Explosives
Title-page of Alfred Nobels patent for nitroglycerine, issued at Stockholm 1866

Gatling gun - cartridges

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