Historical Military Artillery

Images of various artillery pieces and their crews from World War I to the Spanish Civil War and post-war periods, showcasing historical military operations and equipment.

Petersburg, Virginia Railroad gun and crew, USA Civil War, 1864 or 1865

U.S. Marines Practice Ladings In Combat School: In hard-driving, dress-rehearsal tactics, U.S. Marines at a base on the Eastern Coast of the U.S. are practicing full scale landing operations. Using special new landing boats, amphibious tanks, artillery and automatic weapons, the Marines are polishing the techniques employed successfully in operation in the Solomon Islands. These pictures was taken at the U.S. Marine advanced school of combat techniques. January 18, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

This pole camouflaged as a gun was left by the Nazis near Lovenich, Germany.

Rocketts, Richmond, VA. Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad ram Virginia No. 2. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Government vessels, Confederate.

Old 15' gun mount , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Ready To Meet The Enemy In The Sky -- Huge 4.7 inch anti-aircraft ***** Army's new powerful ***** weapons, are lined up in the final assembly area of the Grand Rapids Stamping Division of Fisher Body, in Detroit, prior to shipping. The army claims that the guns can fire a shell higher than the altitudes attained by present day planes. May 20, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

German guns made by Krupp, in use during the First World War. Above: the monster siege gun or howitzer, so heavy that 40 horses are needed to draw it. Lower left: a cannon and carriage ready for transport. Lower right: the same cannon with the wheels removed and a bomb in position ready for firing. Date: 1914

Men with artillery ca. between 1910 and 1920.

Exercise of the A-battery of a light air volume artillery (mobile) from Wezep along the IJssel between Zwolle and Deventer (Wijhe-Olst). Position in the floodplains. In the foreground an HSA (Dutch signal devices) L4 / 5 (KL / MSS 3012) radar fire ride device to which three pieces were coupled. In the background two 40L70 fire premises in the position.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Radio-controlled target aircraft. January 27, 1960

Photo collection First World War. French soldier launches a geimpprovised air torpedo mortar granate. {1914-1918}

12-year old Servian i.e., Serbian at Belgrade

The firing of the Byram, Bayram canon on Gordon's Cavalry, Jerusalem, Israel

Norrköping (depicted - name).Norrköping (pictured - name)

A French artillery position in a world war one trench

Making history. For the first time in Australia an anti-tank gun was fired to-day at Green Hills. Here the crew, members of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, A.I.F., have just sent the first tracer armor piercing 2lb. shell on its way for a direct hit. March 25, 1940.

Schützenregiment 33, Zarzece at Stochod. Infantry gun 37mm in action.

Podhajce Sham artillery position; Galicia; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Columbiad gun in Fort Darling on James. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Luftwaffe aircraft gun (Flak, Flugzeug Abwehr Kanone) plus crew on Leeuwarden airbase.

'Performance: unlimbering at top speed', 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton.

German 88 mm Gun. March 28, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Soest. Returning weapons by the Germans. Large amounts of German mause rifles are collected in the armed pot in Soest. May 10, 1945. Soest, Utrecht (province)

09/30/1913. Scenes from the Moroccan campaign. Artillery Piece, with its Servants, Located on Laucien, Ready to fire on the Enemy Cores.

"Big Berthas'" Moved Into Cologne -- Long rage guns and howitzers, all camouflaged, of the 3rd battalion of the 52nd artillery regiment temporarily quartered in the yard of a slaughter house on the outskirts of the city.The most modern of Germany's war equipment has been moved into this city, the capital of the re-occupied area of the Rhineland. The re-militarization is being carried out almost secretly and the city is becoming more and more like a Garrison town. March 10, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, depiction of a German cannon from Krupp

Anefo photo collection. HR. Ms. "Johan Maurits van Nassau" leaves for Korea. November 21, 1952

Photograph showing the Petard mortar on a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank equipped with a Petard mortar, was designed to attack bunkers and concrete strongholds. The charge fired by the mortar was popularly known as a 'Flying Dustbin'. Date: 1944

Washington, D.C. Two Wiard guns at the Arsenal; General Daniel E. Sickles by the left-hand one. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, artillery (weaponry) , Armories, Sickles, Daniel E, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

A Load Of Trouble For The Nazis: The New Ten-Ton Bomb In TransitThe warhead of one of the new R.A.F. ten-ton bombs, loaded on a lorry of the latest type, specially designed to carry super-heavy loads. The vehicle is an ERF diesel-powered articulated lorry, with a 90 H.P. direct injection engine, The Warhead of the mammoth bomb is fitted elsewhere. April 05, 1945.

German Panzer V Sd.Kfz. 171 Panther Tank Turned Over As The Results Of A Bombing By The 9Th Air Force. France. 29 July 1944.

CIVIL WAR-Fort Lincoln

03/01/1915. The French in Campaign. 65 Millimeter mountain cannon used by Alpine Hunters.

Adapted field cannon M.05, used as a flying cannon, recorded on May 7, 1916.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Collaboration Netherlands .. Hard post at internment camp Vught. A bring on a table. June 1945. Netherlands, Vught

30.5 cm When shooting the photo shows a 30.5, cm mortar in shooting position, but certainly not at the shooting

Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, Virginia. Wood and Gibson; American, active 19th century. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.7 x 23 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.5 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 12 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Wood and Gibson.

The battle of Nikolaev. Soviet troops operating in Southern Ukraine pushed resolutely towards Nikolaev. Artollery pounded German positions day and night. July 10, 1944. (Photo by G. Zelma, SIB Photo Service).

Bullets

Skipper Duncan Greys with a skaaro whaling harpoon Date: 1890s

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Telukbetoeng airport. The airport area in the area of Telok Bodoeng (Sumatra) was laid down by the Dutch for the raid of the jokes. It was then taken and expanded by the Japanese. A few days after the occupation of Telok Betoeng, the first Dutch device landed - a Dakota of the Marine Aviation service - on the reopened airport. The device made an excellent landing and, among other things, brought a number of civilians for Telok Betoeng. At the airport, the Japanese was left behind the plane in a heavy battered state. January 4, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Telok Betung

War album 107, picture 32898.

Miniature tank 1918

Richmond, Virginia. French 12-pdr. Bronze field guns importes from France. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Black and white photograph of the Battle of France, May-June 1940; German tanks in Belgium.

Anefo photo collection. "Wildhoef" in Bloemendaal. March 4, 1946. Bloemendaal

Gun , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Military vehicles, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

16' Gun M1895 , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Through full hit reverse field cabinet FHB.Batt.10 cm I / 48. .

A 9.2" British howitzer and mount are seen on the proving grounds of Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during World War One. The photograph was taken by the Bethlehem Steel Co. on September 24, 1918, and is labeled as 111-SC-21245. It was classified as "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soebang and surroundings. seized guns and other weapons?. December 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Turkish Troops -- General & Action Scenes - Foreign Troops. July 13, 1940. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine).

Anefo photo collection. The gunpost Mitchell bomber cleaned. {1940-1945}. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Anti-Aircraft Guns, Drawn by Large Trucks, and Preceded and Followed by the Motorized Brigades, in the 1946 victory parade.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soebang and surroundings. seized guns and other weapons?. December 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Civil War, General Herman Haupt (1817-1905), rowing a boat made of small pontoons, photograph by Andrew J. Russell, 1862-1863.

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Italo-turkish war. 1912.

DD-ST-85-01303. Country: Unknown

An early Maxim Gun in operation with the Royal Navy. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling cart used in removing the captured artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

L.f.a. Cannon Nro.L. For firing ready. Recorded on 5 July 1916..

First Conn. Artillery, Ft. Richardson, Arlington Heights, Virginia. Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

George R. Lawrence filming with the Mammoth camera.

Removal of 5. 5 inch gun, ex H. M. S. Chester, into the I. W. M.

Captured 30.5 Cm Gun in Zampichia Photographer: War Measurement 5.

Disassembly of one of the 15 cm gun towers of the cruiser Hr.Ms. Tromp after issue.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, depiction of a French rapid-fire cannon

Mortar used by Union during American Civil War

Boys observing gun , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

12/31/1909. Extraordinary mission trip to Buenos Aires. On board the Transatlantic "Alfonso Xii", the sculptor Mr. Borrás drawing a portrait of HRH the Infanta Doña Isabel.

Service firing 240-mm Howitzer, Fort Bragg, N. C. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Reservation Ital.Panzerauto J.Flanzia 6.8.18. .

Coasts How to Haitz L / 15, Battery 3, Position in the Lesachtal.It.Add free. Recorded on August 20, 1916..

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, depiction of a German cannon from Krupp

Gun on U-155

Dresden. K. S. 2nd Hunter battalion No.13, goal exercise

MINECT.paravane.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Photo collection First World War. The Great Battle of the Somme. Gun Captured in Mametz Wood. 1914-1918}. France, Mametz

Model of the tank Freedom Fighter Comrade Lenin made by the workers of the Krasnoye Sormovo plant. 1920. (Photo).

The War of the Pacific or Saltpetre War. Armed conflict that pitted Chile against the allies of Bolivia and Peru. 1879-1883. Peru, Lima. Panoramic view from the fort of San Cristobal, occupied by Chilean troops since January 18, 1881. During the Lima campaign, one of the land phases of the War of the Pacific, President Nicols de Pirola ordered the installation of cannons on the top of the hill in order to attack the Chilean army from there, at a time when it was believed that the army would advance from the north. However the Chileans did so from the south. This site was called by himself as "Ciudadela Pirola" and never went into action, being captured by the Chileans when they occupied the city. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Inspection of military cargo in Helsingborg.

Anefo photo collection. Visit pm Blonk Marinierskamp Desert Garden. September 30, 1947

A Hotchkiss machine-gun adapted for use on an aeroplane, as shown here on a French army plane Date: August 1914

SS-X-15 Mobile Shorter-Ranger ICBM. Country: Unknown

Top view of the British MM-S-44-5536 dummy tank. This dummy tank was created for military deception purposes during World War One. It mimicked the appearance of a real tank in order to confuse and mislead enemy forces.

Mardy Murie with big saw, tent in background. Environmental Sciences. Subjects: History; Biologists (USFWS); Camping. Collection: Environmental Sciences.. 1998 - 2011.

V-2 Missile Being Readied for Launch

Anti-tank gun and crew , Artillery Weaponry, Military personnel, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Harbor Patrol (489)

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Various sized shells in a shell filling factory.

A Honest John Unbraide Rocket on an International 6x6 5 TONS Truck M139D of 109 Veldartillerie department passes the Deignelpunt with O.A. H.M. Koningin Juliana and Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard during the Parade in Ede on the occasion of Liberation Day.

Artillery: cannons from the 19th century and earlier, German 15 cm siege and fortress mortar, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model

06/30/1915. Religion in War. Religious Services Celebrated by the Germans on the French front line on the Eve of a Battle. Photo: R. Parrondo.

View from the right of an International M139D truck of 119 field artillery department with a Honest-John rocket on top.

Schwerer Belagerungsballist, war eine römische Wurfmaschine zur Zeit Cäsars, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Originaldrucks aus dem 19. Jahrhu...

Conquered Italian 26cm ship's gun. Recorded on June 15, 1916..

Centurion brugleggende tank.

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