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.
A German 21-centimeter siege mortar with caterpillar wheels.
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Monstrous cannon by Krupp for coastal defence, situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862, the first engagement between ironclad gunboats. Confederate gunners load a cannon on the CSS Virginia's gun deck during combat with the USS Monitor, March 9, 1862. French illustration from the 'Le Monde Illustré' (BSLOC_2018_8_26)
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The picture shows an English railway artillery with masking painting.The cannon is baptized to the names "The First Consul".In the foreground lies a number of grenades .. The picture shows an English railway artery with masking painting.The cannon is baptized to the names "The First Consul".In the foreground is a number of grenades.
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Haifa, street images. Draw up cannon behind the bushes. January 1, 1964. Haifa, Israel
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Leather cannon of the Swedish artillery, Sweden, 1620, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe
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French soldiers firing a machine gun during the First World War.
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Cannon Taken at Santiago Spanish war vets will have old memories recalled tomorrow when the cannon shown above, captured by the 24th and 25th regular infantry at Santiago, will be unveiled at the State House. Since the war the cannon has been held by the federal government.
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75 MM pack howitzer , Howitzers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Watch your credit line:New York times wide world:Reinforcement for the defense of Malaya. Singapore. Workers on Singapore dock unloading a big British howitzer from a ship that arrived in a large convoy. August 17, 1941. (Photo by The New York Times).
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The internal mechanism that fires a torpedo, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 28, July 15, 1917.
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Knight St. Georg defeats the Lindwurm. .
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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.
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military artillery heavy mortar produced by the Hermann Gruson company wood engraving circa 1880,
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Napoleon mount, 15 PDR , Artillery Weaponry, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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War album 95, picture 28349.
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Right side view, on display, Soviet M-160 160mm mortar. Country: Unknown
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Riding Department of the 1st Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 12Königsbrück. Riding Abtlg.d.K.s. 1.feld-Art.-Regt.Nr.12
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GRABADO-SEGADORA CON CABEZA CORTANTE Y CAJON DE DEPOSITO-1849.
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Engraving depicting Alexander Moncrieff's 9-inch bore gun which fired a 250lb shell. Built by William Armstrong & Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. When the gun was fired, the recoil lowered it to the loading position behind the protective parapet. Alexander Moncrieff (1829-1906) a British engineer and Army Officer. Dated 19th century
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Recorded guns at the station in Udine 27.11.17. .
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Medieval Catapult, France.
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View from the right of an International M139D truck of 119 Veldartillerie department with a Honest John rocket, ready to firing.
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Service firing 240-MM Howitzer, M17, Camp Forest, Tullahoma, Tenn. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Guns at Fort Monroe, Va. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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155 mm. Tractor-Drawn Gun, Camp Davis, N. C. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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John Moisant
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Seebaches positions. Bathhouse field set by the Red Cross. .
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Field artillery Half train in fire positionNo description
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Artillery, weapons from the 19th century and earlier, Maxim mitrailleuse, machine gun, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.
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Engraving depicting a hydrogen generating machine used in the inflating of military balloons. Dated 19th Century
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A variety of 17th century French cannons Date: 17th century
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8 cm M. 5/8, Austro-Hungarian Army, 1910, Ústí nad Labem Region, Theresienstadt, Feldartillerie Vorführen des Halbzuges, Czech Republic
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09/28/1993. Saint Christopher's bell.
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Bange and Piffard rapid-fire field gun. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899
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The Serbian mission to the invalids: the mission before the cannons taken to the enemy. The Serbian mission in front of the cannons taken to the enemy in the court of the invalids, 7th arrondissement, Paris, between 1914 and 1918 Anonymous. The Serbian mission to the invalids: the mission before the cannons taken to the enemy. The Serbian mission in front of the cannons taken to the enemy in the court of the invalids, 7th arrondissement, Paris, between 1914 and 1918. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. 1914-1918.
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Roman soldiers operating a Catapult, a siege engine used for hurling missiles, such as stones at bottom left, at the enemy, In top half of image are details of the construction of the weapon, Copperplate engraving by William Toms fl1750,
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Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from parapet of Fort Sumter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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"War Comes To Kensington -- A 3-inch modernised anti-aircraft gun, manned by Territorials, In action during the bombing of a two-storey (special-built) house, last night. A.R.P. exercises at Kensington, London, S.W. last night have not been equalled, for realism, in Great Britain. A house was blown up. Searchlights raked the sky. The sound of raiding planes was reproduced through loud- speakers. Newsboys with war posters, wore gas-masks. May 27, 1938. (Photo by Topical Press).
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Washington, District of Columbia. Officers and men, 3d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery in Fort Totten | Library of Congress
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Field artillery of the Prussians, situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Roman soldiers operating a catapult, c1750. Artist: William Henry Toms
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No. 643 Statuu de Memphis on Sakkarah. ..
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Deputy for 10.5 cm cannon
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The eyes and ears of the army, Fort Dix, N.J. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Muzzle loading musket and rifles A. Brown Bess & bayonet B. Brunswick rifle C. Enfield rifle & bayonet Date: circa 1800
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Russisches 28 cm Geschütz welches von den Deutschen erobert wurde.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel , German, World War, 1914-1918 , Equipment and supplies , Russian, Artillery (Weaponry) , Russian
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South Tyrol. Types Italian machine guns.
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1950S Firemen Using Water Hoses On Smoking Burning Building To Extinguish Fire
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Propaganda image of North Korean military.
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A Soviet M-37 82mm "new" mortar. Country: Unknown
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Deutsche schwere Mörserbatterie fährt in Feuerstellung.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mortars (Ordnance), World War, 1914-1918 , Equipment and supplies , German, Artillery (Weaponry) , German
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Erbeutete russische Schiesscharten, die fahrbar sind und nach Belieben die Stellung wechseln können.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel , German, World War, 1914-1918 , Equipment and supplies , Russian