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Artillery and Cannons in Warfare

Historical photos of artillery pieces and cannons during their operation, showcasing military technology from World War I and Civil War.

149 mm heavy howitzer at the time of shooting, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 47, November 21, 1915.

149 mm heavy howitzer at the time of shooting, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 47, November 21, 1915.

5' Field carriage , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Fort Monroe, Virginia The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Fort Monroe (Va.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865 , artillery (weaponry) , Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Fort Monroe.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River near Washington. Dimensions: 16.6 x 20.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/8 in. ). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1861-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Through full hit destroyed gun. .

Soldiers at the U.S. Proving Grounds carry out tests on various types of ordnance. The photograph was taken in 1919 and is labeled with the number 12125. The symbol AU appears in the notes section.

War album 95, picture 28381.

Pipe talker at the 12 cm cannons battery NGO. 13. Position of recording in artillery repair workshop in the cellulosic factory in St. Magdalen. Recorded on 3.VII.1916. .

15 cm cannon on Hermada.26.8.17. .

German field gun and limber , Armories, Ordnance industry, Artillery Weaponry, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap Canal. (Columbiad gun with Brooke Reinforced Breech by ) | Library of Congress

Fire position of the 21 CMÖRSER "dog". Recorded on June 4, 1916..

Flugabal 5.9.17. .

Belgium , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Belgique). Rear-fronst, political figure, military uniform, king , queen, cannon, bombing, artillery, rail transport, man, army, First World War, Personality, clothing, transport, human beings, society, Belgium, near Loo, Cannonière on the Yser near Loo canal, Visit of the King of the Belgians

300 pdr. i.e. pounder Parrot Rifle, Fort Chatfield, Morris Isand. No. 4308, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 117", Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Photograph is half of a stereograph pair, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Forts & fortifications, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, South Carolina, Morris Island.

Second Gordon D.C. , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

War album 107, picture 32752.

The anti -aircraft artillery has come in position! Vliegers from Soesterberg have appeared above the sugar site, a beautiful Esquadrille, but she has received the 'air target' in sight, and the fire mouths follow the movements of the slender machines.

10' Gun model 1888 on pneumatic carriage , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

240 MM gun , Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Ordnance proving ground, Annapolis, MD.. No. 142 inscribed on photograph, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Maryland, Annapolis.

Captured naval cannon in Cervignano Isonzo front, ca. 15 kilometres west of Monfalcone; photographer: Krieg Vermessung 5.

German Anti-Aircraft Exercises: Anti Aircraft manoeuvres are being carried out this week by the German Air Force in the Helle-Merseburg district. August 20, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).

Cannon, Fortress Monroe ca. 1864 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish. Cannon, Fortress Monroe 286441

Abandoned German 150 cannon, April 1917, Aisne department, Hauts-de-France Region, France, Europe

Bicent. USA Open House , Ordnance industry, Armories, Centennial celebrations, Tanks Military science, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Skoda mortar 30.5 in firing at the wet wall.

Anefo photo collection. Exercises air target artillery England-Holland Schalkhaar. June 16, 1949. Overijssel, Schalkhaar

Conquered Italian 28 cm gun. Recorded on June 10, 1916..

New Anti-Aircraft Gun That Fires 5½ Miles In The Air - A Range Higher Than Mount Everest -- For months past the British frim of Vickers - Armstrong have been experimenting with an anti-aircraft gun of a completely new pattern which is far in advance of any yet devised. The gun, which has a calibre of 75 m.m., fires shells weighing between 14 and 15 pounds, a rate of 25 rounds a minute, a vertical range of 5½ miles, a maximum horizontal range of nearly 8 miles, a complete circle (360 degrees) field of fire, a device to keep it automatically on the target, and a deadly usefulness against tanks and armoured cars as well as aircraft. A gun with even greater range can also be supplied. The gun undergoing tests. February 15, 1932. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

World War I tank, Washington. D.C. ca. between 1909 and 1932.

Monte Toraro.149mm guns.

View over the armor shield of a 25-pin cannon.

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. One of Our Big Guns Mounted on a Railway. 1914-1918}

Howell disappearing carriage , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Artillery on Lisa Gora. .

Helicopter , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Helicopters, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Generator. 1915-1918.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron R. N. A. S. AntIsaircraft machine gun practice: Imbros, Gallipoli, August 1915.

15 cm.lg.40 coastal cannon B.Yenishbir. .

Lord Gort Visits Northern IrelandLord Gort inspects gunners at drill. Lord Gort, inspector general of training, recently visited Northern Ireland on a tour of inspection, when he visited various military training centres and units. May 20, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Shared illuminated. .

Königsbrück. Riding Abtlg.d.K.s. 1.feld-Art.-Regt.Nr.12

Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 1st New York Pettit's Battery, Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, Army, New York Artillery, Independent Battery, 1st (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Artillery (Troops) , United States, Virginia, Richmond, New York troops , 1st New York Artillery. Independent Battery

Egyptian conflict with the British, 1882. Egypt. Alexandria. Egyptian battery of Krupp cannons at Mecks Fort. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

Festival of Liberation, 20, October 1918. Festival of Liberation, Place de la Concorde, 8th arrondissement, October 20, 1918 WAR 1914-1918. Liberation festival, Place de la Concorde. Paris (VIIIth ARR.), October 20, 1918. Photograph of Godefroy Houseau.

Confederate batteries on James River above Dutch Gap, April, 1865 | Library of Congress

Members of the 636th Tactical Control Flight, stationed at Wanna, set up a TRC-97A directional parabolic dish antenna at the Rockenhausen Training Area. Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

Sea wall battery, West Point. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Heavy Austrian ship's gun. .

The new English naval artillery, ship's cannon. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

World War I, pieces of airplanes that have crashed being shipped back to an assembly station for reuse. The original caption reads: Winning the war from the clouds, / exclusive photographs by Helen Johns Kirtland, Leslie's Staff Correspondent. Images relating to the air war in France during World War I, 1919.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 5 inch guns in the Royal Artillery barracks.

12 cm M. 80 cannon battery Helmberg Oberhald Mitterberg.

240 MM gun , Artillery Weaponry, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. ALTHOGH IT RAINS OUR BOYS STILL 'Punished' Their. 1914-1918}. France

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

12' Mortar M1896 , Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap Canal. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Petersburg, Virginia Railroad gun and crew. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Railroads, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

30.5cm mortar at Zoian Di Fiemme. .

Recorded guns in Cervignano 12.11.17. .

12' Mortar M1896 , Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

08/31/1921. Melilla. Our Artillery Soldiers Loading a 75 Cannon to Fire on the Site Where the Enemy Moors Have Cannons Located.

10' Barbette carriage model 1893 , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Passage-at-arms on board transport 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

War album 107, picture 32800.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. C. Nederlands Front - Meidagen '40. Repro's telex messages and newspaper pages. German transport aircraft shot on the Haagweg between The Hague and Rotterdam. May 1940. The Hague, the Netherlands

12cm Luftminenwerfer, Sturmkursübung Schabs. .

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

First world war. bombard. 1915-18.

These are the searchlights whose beams nightly stab the sky from stations all over Sydney in search of "enemy raiders." Militiamen of the 52nd anti-air-craft battery clean their lights in preparation for fresh entertainment for Sydney's million. April 23, 1940.

The picture shows how Prince Henrik of Prussia inspects an airbomb on a transport trolley.He is surrounded by a group of officers and a number of soldiers who stay in the background.On the left side, the wings of a double decker aircraft are visible. The picture shows how Prince Henrik of Preussen inspects an airbomb on a transport trolley.He is surrounded by a group of officers and a number of soldiers who stay in the background.On the left side, the wings of a double decker aircraft are visible.

Captured German artillery

Construction of the Ruyter (1939-1953) at the NV Dok and Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord (WF). The placement of a 15.2cm double-running gun. During the construction, the name was successively; 'Cruiser 1938', 'De Zeven Provinciën', 'Kreuzer Holland 1' (occupation time) and 'De Zeven Provinciën'. Only from 22-08-1950 became the name 'De Ruyter'.

Soon These Bombs, Which An Ordnance Crew Is Loading Onto A Bomb Trailer , Will Be Dropped On Enemy Installations Ie Europe By Republic P-47S Of The 353Rd Fighter Group, Based In England. April 1944.

A Honest-John rocket of 109 field artillery department is tagged with a hoist car on an International M139D truck with launch rail. With the help of ropes, four soldiers guide the rocket.

Guerra en el Riff. Año 1909. Baterías de cañones en el fuerte de Camellos.

Skioptic monitor with motifs from unknown war camp.

Defense Battery Combai. .

Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Guns at northeast angle of Fort Marshall. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Sullivan's Island.

Image of a 3.8" howitzer carriage, model 1913, taken in December 1918. The photograph shows a left-side view of the carriage with a 48-degree elevation. This information is recorded on the image along with notes about its official use and model specifications.

4.7' Gun carriage model of 1906 , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Battery Rodgers | Library of Congress

30.5 cm mortar on the road to Kerschovetz. .

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. Exhibition of the relics of the Zeppelin brought down in Essex at the H.A.C. Honourable Artillery Company headquarters, Burnhill Row E.C.. Some of the remains of the Zeppelin brought down in Essex now on view to the public. {1914-1918}. Groot-Brittannië

Two French soldiers behind a light cannon, Anonymous, 1884 photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print firearms: cannon (+ land forces). land forces (+ artillery) France

Flyer defense in Veneto 6.2 ###.

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862. Brigade officers of the Horse Artillery in the vicinity of Fair Oaks in June 1862. The unit led by Capt. John C. Tidball (center) served with Gen. Porter's forces at the Battle of Mechanicsville on June 26, 1862. Photo by James Gibson (BSLOC_2018_7_115)

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. INGENIOUS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. A Lewis gun for anti-aicraft purposes. Note the ingenuity of stand, which consists of the two wheels one being buried in the ground and the other revolving with the gun.. 1914-1918}

British Anti-Airport Units To Visit Holland And Belgium -- A demonstration team - shortly to leave for Europe, in action against a sleeve target towed by aircraft.At the request of the Belgian and Dutch Chiefs of Staff, British Anti-Aircraft Artillery teams are shortly to visit Holland and Belgium for the purpose of assisting the anti-aircraft forces of these two countries in their training.The request was made through the Anti-Aircraft committee of Western Union Defence Organisation, whose task is to examine the possibilities of a common technique and standardized procedure in the anti-aircraft defence of Benelux counties. April 30, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Interior views of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B664, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

One of the siege cannons used by the Japanese General Nogi Maresuke to force the Port Arthur surrender, China, Russo-Japanese War, photograph by Underwood, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 5, January 29, 1905.

French 270 heavy artillery mortar, Artois, France, World War I,1915. Artist: Unknown

View of the right of the right of an International M139D truck of 119 Veldartillerie department with a Honest John rocket, ready to firing.

Wasakanon when loading

Birmingham, Coronet Camera Co., London, Sunbeam Tours Ltd., Québec, Dearden Holmes, J., 6 'Picturescope' Views of Quebec, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada, Cannons on the Plains of Abraham in Québec, recto - printed, stereograph, stereo photo, photos, 6836, height 82 mm, width 114 mm, English, photographer, 1924 - 1926, photographic paper, photo paper, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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