Projectile Collection (#6)

GBU-31 JDAM smart bomb of the Royal Danish Air Force ready to be loaded on F-16A MLU during Operation Unified Protector

A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile conducts a controlled flight test in
China Lake, California, November 10, 2002 - A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile conducts a controlled flight test over the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

A Standard Missile Three is launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System onboard
A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) onboard the US Navy Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70)

Illustration of an AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

U. S. Marine fires a RPG-7 grenade launcher
U.S. Marine fires a HE fragmentation round from the RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher in a wadi near Kunduz, Afghanistan

Apache M230mm chain gun round
Apache 30mm M230 chain gun rounds

MIM-23 Hawk anti-aircraft missile launcher of the German Air Force, Gatow, Germany

The 2K12 Kub mobile surface-to-air missile system
The 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name: SA-6 Gainful) mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Men aboardUSS Ranger position a 2, 000 pound bomb under the wing of an A-1 Skyraider, 1965
March 1965 - In the South China Sea, men aboard USS Ranger position a 2, 000 pound bomb under the wing of an A-1 Skyraider

Underwater firing of the Polaris A3 missile by a submarine. circa 1960

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Captain Disneys War Projectile Experiments, in the Grounds of Mulgrave House, Fulham

An Austrian giant siege-howitzer and its shell, used during World War One, from The
KW1547402 An Austrian giant siege-howitzer and its shell, used during World War One, from The Illustrated War News, 1915 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

French soldiers using a catapult for flinging bombs during World War One, from The
KW1547389 French soldiers using a catapult for flinging bombs during World War One, from The Illustrated War News, 1915 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

Scene on the dock at the Rip Raps. Testing the Sawyer gun and projectile, a shell bursting on the rebel batteries at Sewells Point, 1861, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891

LEONARDO: WARFARE. Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, c1500, depicting various types of combatants and weaponry: An archer with bow, arrow

WORLD WAR I: GERMAN MORTAR. German trench mortar known as the trouble maker, captured by the French during World War I. Photograph, 1914-1918

WORLD WAR I: TRENCH MORTAR. Trench mortar in an allied trench during World War I. Adjustments to the bomb often resulted in premature explosions, and the operators were in grave danger

ROBERT HUTCHINGS GODDARD (1882-1945). American physicist. Photographed loading a bazooka with a projectile, c1918

Gunner firing a cannon. The path of the projectile is shown according to Aristotelian physics. Since he believed that no body could undertake more than one motion at a time

Pneumatic Devices C017 / 3494
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing illustrations of various pneumatic devices. The main illustration shows a wind-gun, or in modern parlance

Ballista being loaded, artwork C016 / 9688
Ballista being loaded. Artwork of a soldier loading and arming a ballista, a projectile weapon developed during Roman times. Earlier Greek versions are thought to date back to around 400 BC

Nikita Moiseyev, Russian mathematician
Nikita Nikolayevich Moiseyev (1917-2000), Russian-Soviet mathematician. Moiseyevs work was largely in applied maths, creating models of processes as varied as missile trajectories to nuclear winter

Diver firing a pistol underwater. While it demonstrates the ruggedness of the pistols firing mechanism, this has little practical use as the bullet disintegrates within a metre of leaving the barrel

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918). Battle in the North Sea (24 January 1915). The English battleship Lion was hit by a torpedo from a German ship. Drawing

VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. From the Earth to the Moon. Wood engraving from a 1870 edition by Jules Verne

VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. From the Earth to the Moon. The interior of the projectile. Wood engraving from a 19th century edition by Jules Verne

VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. From the Earth to the Moon. The arrival of the projectile at Stones Hill. Wood engraving from a 19th century edition by Jules Verne

VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. The interior of the projectile: engraved illustration from a 19th century edition of Jules Vernes " From the Earth to the Moon."

Crossbow with projectile and swords with scabbards. Date 1878 Sept

Neolithic man hurling a projectile
Coloured enraving of a Neolithic man (late Stone Age) about to hurl a projectile.He wears a polished stone axe fitted into a socket in a wooden handle and fastened in place with a strip of leather

French Field Guns - 5
A battery of French 155 cannons, using 9 kilos of powder to fire a projectile of 40 kilos

French 220 Mortar
A French 220 mortar requires 6 kilos of powder to discharge a projectile weighing 98 kilos

China : Tai-Li
TAI-LI the transcendental dog, depicted expectorating a projectile in the form of a huge red pearl against an enemy

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"From Medieval Warfare to Modern Missiles: The Evolution of the Projectile" Bristol 156 Beaufighter - Flown by Coastal Command with Deadly Precision Unleashing Destruction: Brimstone Air-to-Ground Missile on a Triple Launcher Consolidated Liberator GRV FL927 / G: A Flying Arsenal of Projectiles Inspired by Jules Verne's Flight to the Moon, The Projectile Takes Center Stage Blast from the Past: Royal Naval Exhibition in 1891 Showcases "The Projectile" Cutting-Edge Innovation at the Stand of The Projectile Company Ltd, Royal Exhibition Demonstrating Raw Power: Witnessing the Force of a Projectile from 110 Yards Away. Into Battle: Royal Navy Sailors Ramming Home a Projectile, Captured in Timeless Photographs (1930s) Relentless Force and Precision: Royal Navy Ramming Home a Lethal Projectile Ancient Warfare Unveiled: Middle Ages' Wood Mantlet on Wheels - Engraving by Serra Catapults and Parabolic Motion Machines: Exploring Medieval War Machines Ballista Revealed.