Historic Military Artillery

Photographs of vintage coastal and wartime artillery, depicting cannons and howitzers, highlighting historical military engineering and defense structures.

Egypt, El Alamein. A German 88 anti aircraft gun displayed outside the museum.
Egypt, El Alamein. A German 88 anti aircraft gun displayed outside the museum.
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Odessa, Ukraine - 09.18.2018. Memorial of the heroic defense of Odessa in a sunny summer day. Coastal artillery no. 411. Memorial of the heroic defense of Odessa
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J.F. Schnell, Supt. Battle cemetery ca. between 1909 and 1919.
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Cannon, Historic Relics, Tainan, Taiwan, Asia,
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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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old cast-iron cannon
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South Carolina, Charleston, Fort Sumter National Monument. (MR)
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After Java was brought entirely under Dutch rule during the Java War (1825-1830), the Dutch sought to gain control of the other Indonesian islands as well. Various military expeditions were mounted to force the rulers of these islands to recognize Dutch authority. These cannons were seized during those battles. One is an old Dutch East India Company cannon of 1667.
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Close-up of the GAU-8 Avenger gun on an A-10A Thunderbolt II of the U.S. Air Force, Geilenkirchen, Germany.
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Cannon and Carriage rehabilitation at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Silent Sentinel
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Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, left behind this wrecked Russian-made tank near Lake Ashange in northern Ethiopia.
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Radar-guided rocket launcher
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Cannons, the noon day gun, Saluting Battery, Upper Barracca Gardens, and Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta
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Cannon from the Vietnam War, 122 mm artillery of the Vietnamese liberation army, Hue, Vietnam, Asia
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German Pak 40 75 mm anti-tank gun in the Musee du Debarquement Utah Beach, World War II museum in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Europe
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Cannon battery at Historic Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Havana, Cuba. Fortress defending access to Havana Harbor.
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Heavy artillery, Camp Forest, Tullahoma, Tenn. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, The Royal Amouries Military Museum Fort Nelson, Display of Asian Guns
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Cannon at the Spanish fortress Castillo de la Real Fuerza, at the back the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, historic centre, La Habana Vieja, Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, Central America
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Old broken German bunkers of Atlantic Wall and artillery battery of Longues sur Mer
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Cavalry pistol M 1844 Augustin system, converted around half 19th century for a capshaft Factory product
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England,London,Imperial War Museum
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USA, New York, Adirondack Mountains, Ticonderoga, Fort Ticonderoga canons
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Antique rapid-firing gun at a castle, Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall, England
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Mobile anti-aircraft guns , Antiaircraft guns, Military personnel, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Mondavio (Marche - Pu). valley of the fortress, reconstruction of a war machine designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (sambuca)
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Mobile anti-aircraft guns , Antiaircraft guns, Military personnel, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Small arms 1895: German infantry rifle 71. 84, lock placed for magazine firing, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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Salute, shots, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Great Britain
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Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Varna, National Naval Museum, naval artillery
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Cannons at Fort Anne National Historic Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
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England,Hampshire,Portsmouth,Portsmouth Historic Dockyard,HMS Victory,Upper Gun Deck
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The bastion of Essaouira with its medieval bronze cannons, Morocco
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Small arms 1895: German infantry rifle 71. 84, cocked lock, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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Russian 7.62mm PPD submachine gun.
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Cartagena cannon in naval museum with port at Murcia Spain
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Armaments: a variety of sporting guns. Engraving, c.1861.
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Military Museum of Menorca, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, The Royal Amouries Military Museum Fort Nelson, Interior View
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Carbine - Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF)
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Mondavio (Marche - Pu). valley of the fortress, reconstruction of a war machine designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (approach hammer with sliding surface)
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TSGT Richard A. Ulmer picks up lumber from a stack, laying flooring for a tent during Exercise Coronet Cactus. TSGT Ulmer, a non-commissioned officer-in-charge of plumbing, is a member of the Prime Beef Team, 601st Civil Engineering Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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From left to right: Springfield rifle M1903 (USA); Arisaka rifle type 38 with bayonet (Japan); Lee-Enfield rifle Nr.1 Mk I (S.M.L.E.) with bayonet (Great Britain) and Peabody-Martini rifle M1869 (Ottoman Empire). Latvian War Museum. Riga. Latvia.
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Joint Forces participate in the Armed Forces weekend event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway taking place during the Indy 500 qualification Indianapolis, Indiana May 20, 2022.
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DF-ST-87-02458. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, The Royal Amouries Military Museum Fort Nelson, Project Babylon Supergun
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Koenigstein Fortress in Saxon Switzerland. A cannon belonging to the Koenigstein Fortress, built in 1712, was christened DIE STARKE AUGUSTE and fired. By the Electoral Saxon Gunners 1730 of the Rifle Society Friedersdorf., Koenigstein, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Bacteria bomb made of ceramic used by the Japanese Imperial army Unit 731 during WWII, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Weapons in the Franco-Prussian War, The Dreyse needle rifle, which is a military breech-loading rifle, famous as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians, who took it into service in 1841 as the light percussion rifle model 1841, Light percussion rifle model 1841. The Chassepot, officially known as the Fusil modele 1866, which is a repeating rifle with breech-loader. The Bavarian Werdergewehr M, 1869 was the first German breech-loading rifle with a metal cartridge and a central ignition, situation