Historic Artillery Equipment

Depictions of various historical artillery pieces and weaponry, including wrecked equipment and functioning guns from different eras.

A German 21-centimeter siege mortar with caterpillar wheels.

The Soviet-German front (Kharkov area) German equipment wrecked by the Soviet artillery. August 1, 1943.

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

A German 21-centimeter siege mortar with caterpillar wheels.

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

Recorded guns at Mincigos. .

Engraving depicting field guns used during the Afghan War at Fort Ali Masjid. Dated 19th century

A 90cm spotlight recorded on 28.VII.1916.

Fielded gun installed, as a flyer defense gestor. Kote 277 south of ZaloSce. .

Heavy gun battery at Monte Stee (probably Skoda 15 cm).

Mons Meg in Edinburgh Castle. 1850 - 1889. Photographs, Cartes de visite. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Cannons, Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)

210 MM German field gun , Artillery Weaponry, Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. The Cambrai Advance. German Gun Abandoned By the Roadside .. 1914-1918}. Cambrai, France

08/14/1917. Far from the Line of Battle - Prisoners of War Busy in Agricultural Labor in France.

Conquerter 28cm.Mörser at S.Martino.5.11.17. .

Artillery on the Western Front 15 cm French howitzer

French soldier lying next to felled cannon. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

8.4 CM. fastningslavett , Artillery Weaponry. Records of U.S. Army Operational

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

American soldiers posing with a captured German 77 mm gun during World War One. Taken in 1918.

24 cm mortar in Landro.

castle and cannon near the wall in oman muscat the old

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Fort Sumter in the distance. No. B1194, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Artillery (Weaponry), South Carolina, Charleston Harbor, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston Harbor, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Fort Johnson (Charleston, S.C.), 1860-1870, United States, South Carolina, Charleston Harbor.

Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1, near Farnhold's house, mounting one 200 pdr. and ten 100 pdr. guns. No. 4225, Title from item, Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C.: Philp & Solomons, 1865-66, v. 1, no. 12, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Serbian artillery in World War one

Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, aka The Pom-Pom. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

57 MM faltlavettage , Artillery Weaponry. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Gun crew at Fort Woodbury in Arlington, Virginia. Woodbury was one of 68 forts and batteries protecting Washington, DC during the US Civil War, 1861-65 (BSLOC_2018_6_167)

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

Photograph of a German anti-aircraft gun which was used to assist with the defeat of Poland. Dated 1940

Direct 21 cm mortar "dog". Recorded on June 4, 1916..

4.7' Howitzer M1913 , Howitzers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

View of a destroyed cannon. McPherson & Oliver

Mural, Fortress Monroe, Virginia , Soldiers, Artillery Weaponry, Gas masks, Military facilities. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

With Britain's Big Guns -- Two of the huge 15 inch guns. Big guns were "in action" during a demonstration at a Ministry of Supply Experimental Establishment on the coast today. November 23, 1939. (Photo by London News Agency Pty. Ltd.).

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 20-pdr guns of the 1st New York Battery, unlimbered. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Artillery (Troops) , United States, Virginia, Richmond, 1st New York Light 0Artillery.

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Richmond, Virginia. Captured siege gun at Rocketts | Library of Congress

Portrait of a United States Army soldier standing next to an 8" howitzer at Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, PA during World War One. The howitzer is a U.S.A issue weapon. This image is marked for official use only.

Photo collection First World War. Official Photograph Scenes of Arrival of USA Destroyer Flotilla in British Waters. Deck View of One of the USA Destroyers. 1914-1918}. Britain

30.5 cm mortar on the road to Kerschovetz. .

Artillery tractor, Secretary of War Baker ca. 1918.

'Dix jours de bataille sur la Somme; Un periscope geant sur roues pris aux Allemands dans ie bois d'Assevillers. L'appareil replie sur son chariot genre afrut', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

German anti-aircraft gunners with gas masks, ca. 1914-1918

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

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Caroline, Charleston.

42 cm Haitzen position in the Canal Valley at Gugg. Visit of the K.H.L./15 by Sr. Excellence of the Army Commander. .

France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. Communard. Gunner resting. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

Gun practice at Fort Myer, Virginia during World War I, 1917

View on the Point Battery, Charleston, S.C., showing the gun in the Cheevrs battery, looking S.W., USA, US, Vintage photography

Firing from boat..

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. Firing a Long Range Gun. A heavy english cannon is fired at the front in France .. 1914-1918}. France

Loading the new field hoodTheresienstadt. Loading the new field hood

Engraving depicting the Canadian Eclipse Expedition preparing to observe the total solar eclipse in 1869 from Jefferson City, Iowa. Dated 19th century

first world war, 1915-18

División Azul en Alemania en 1942 (Segunda Guerra Mundial). Artillería pesada en posición de fuego.

One Of Britain's Teeth -- Ready for action. Round the Coasts of Britain are guns of various calibres manned by crews who maintain a ceaseless watch to deal with whatever lies ahead. These pictures show a twelve inch gun, somewhere on the East Coast. November 12, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

French 285 mm Model 1893/1896 railway gun, bored out from a 274.4 mm gun. ALGP: Artillerie Lourde Grand Puissance; Heavy Artillery High Power.

This photo, dating to before 1922, relates to World War I. The caption reads: This American gun has no direct recoil system, the recoil of the gun being absorbed by the whole carriage sliding back upon the beam under frame. The maximum rearward movement is approximately 48 inches. The total weight of this mount is about 600,000 pounds.

Washington, District of Columbia. 6-pdr. Wiard gun at the Arsenal. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Boring cannon. In the left foreground is a two-man treadmill and in the right background is a handmill. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540). Woodcut.

Cannon at Yorktown Virginia, american civil war 1865

ITL.Munition in cover.Monfalcone. In early May 1918..

Romulus and Remus. .

10' D.C. , Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Japanese Army soldiers, China, 1937

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Inlet side of a 240 h. p. Hiero engine of a PHOENIX biplane brought down on a British aerodrome.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The machine gunner of Motor Anti-Submarine Boat MASB 37 on the alert with his pair of Lewis Guns, in the Firth of Forth. These vessels are known as the mosquitos of the Navy and help keep the channels clear of enemy submarines.

Gun Royal George, London, England, engraving 19th century, Britain, UK

Photograph showing a unit of Canadian troops manning a 240mm howitzer, near the Reichswald area, Germany, February 1945. This heavy artillery gun was firing 360-lb shells in support of a British and Canadian offensive, against the Nazi forces in Reichswald. Date: 1945

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Lantern pictures. undated

Großenhain. Mitrailleuse from the War 1870/71, Hus.-Regim.Nr.18

Austro-Hungarian Army, 1910, Ústí nad Labem Region, Theresienstadt, Feldartillerie Halbzug in Feuerstellung, Czech Republic

The Agadir Crisis, Agadir Incident or Second Moroccan Crisis (also known as the Panthersprung in German) was a brief crisis sparked by the deployment of a substantial force of French troops in the interior of Morocco in April 1911 and the deployment of a German gunboat to the Agadir, a Moroccan Atlantic port.

Postcard of Cannon at Fortress Monroe. ca. 1915, FIRING A TWELVE INCH RIFLE AT FORTRESS MONROE, OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.

Labradores mallorquines con una máquina segadora. Años 1910.

Lt. Sintzenich took this photograph on November 22, 1918. It shows a 4.1 inch naval gun from the cruiser "Konigsberg." The gun is 13 feet 9 inches long and is marked as No. 361 L. It was manufactured by Krupp in 1905 and is in London, England.

U.S. military personnel firing a 12-inch mortar at a U.S. fortress located on the Atlantic Coast. This photograph was taken by the 55939 Engineer Division of the Ordnance Department in December 1918. The image showcases the different types of ordnance used during World War One.

16' DC, 1919 gun at elevation of 29 degrees and twenty-four minutes round , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Twelve-in. Disappearing Gun, on Government Hill-Uncle Sam's huge coast defender. no. 10. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1904. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Exhibitions , Missouri , Saint Louis (Mo.), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), Artillery (Weaponry)

Servian guns taken by Austrians

Barrier car of artillery measuring department 506, Trento.

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). 200 pdr. Parrott rifle gun in Battery Rodgers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Artillerie: Kanonen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert und früher, Krupps 28 cm Küstenhaubitze in Rahmenlafette, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Original...

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Lebanon. Cannon on the fortification, citadel, from the city of Tripoli. View of the city. 1950. Lebanon, Tripoli

16' Barbette mount model 191 , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Heavy 15 cm howitzer. Recorded on 13 May 1916..

Artillery: cannons from the 19th century and earlier, Krupp's 15 cm cannon in Gruson minimal embrasure mount c-84-87, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The 4.7 inch gun crew on board a destroyer seen at the alert while on convoy escort during a snow storm.

Pipe of a captured 30.5 gun in Zampichia 17.11.17. .

Removal of a captured Italian 26cm ship's gun in Assatal. .

Breteau / battery versaille in Breteuil. Battery Versallaise in Breteuil. The municipality of Paris. Versallaise battery in Breteuil (Oise). Photograph of Hippolyte Blancard (1843-1924). Platinum circulation (front). 1870-1871.

Instruction at the miner, short any.

Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt to Norway. Helsingør.LoT Kronborg: sentry with carbine at antique guns. 1933. Denmark, Helsingør, Norway

Artillery firing , Artillery Weaponry, Military personnel, Military training, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A French "320"

Heavy artillery , Artillery Weaponry, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Men standing side by side on canon

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