Weapon Collection (#89)

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Rabbit Rifles
circa 1935: Two men looking through the window of a gun shop at Charing Cross. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Machine Gunners
Gas-masked men of the British Machine Gun Corps with a Vickers machine gun during the first battle of the Somme. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cockpit Machine Gun
A German airman demonstrates the greater range of fire achieved by mounting his gun on a swivel upon a rotating ring. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Anti-Aircraft Gun
German artillery, wearing gas masks, with a quick-firing anti-aircraft gun used mainly against low-flying aeroplanes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Boer Guerrillas
Boer guerrilla commandoes, during the Boer war. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Gibraltar
1862: Soldiers stand guard by a cannon overlooking the sea on the rocky cliffs of Gibraltar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Krupp Factory
1912: The Krupp steelworks and arms factory in Essen. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Gun Turning
circa 1895: The rough turning of a large gun at Woolwich Arsenal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Railway Block
1917: German soldiers blocking a railway line on the Russian front, to stop bands of pillaging irregular soldiers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Champagne
circa 1918: German troops haul a gun into position in Champagne, during World War I. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Village Meeting
circa 1900: A meeting in an indigenous village in the African Congo. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

No Trench
circa 1916: German troops with machine guns lying in wait for the enemy. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Setback
May 1916: German infantry retreating in a column across the desolate countryside near Chemin des Dames, France. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Armaments Factory
circa 1914: Interior of the moulding works at the Krupp steelworks in Essen, the chief arms supplier of the German Empire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Mens Work
1876: Barefoot sailors cleaning guns on board HMS Firefly. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Carrying Crate
1922: People carrying a crate full of treasures from the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen at Thebes (modern Luxor and El-Karnak) escorted by armed soldiers

Burning Tank
circa 1918: A British tank burns furiously, having been caught in the jet of a flame thrower and its fuel contents ignited. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Street lantern

Weapon Collection: A yellow and a black pencil crossing out the letterings Familien, Hartz IV and Rente

A yellow and a black pencil crossing out the letterings Familien, Hartz IV and Rente, German for families, Hartz IV, a German unemployment benefit, and pension

Weapon Collection: Cannon in cannon hut, Stallbastei, bastion, Schlossberg, castle hill, Graz, Styria, Austria

Cannon in cannon hut, Stallbastei, bastion, Schlossberg, castle hill, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe, PublicGround

Ranger in the Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa

Weapon Collection: NATIVE HUNTER, c1907. A huntsman with his aboriginal war weapon, Philippine Islands

NATIVE HUNTER, c1907. A huntsman with his aboriginal war weapon, Philippine Islands. Stereograph, c1907

Weapon Collection: PEASANT WAR, GERMANY, 1525. Armed peasants during the Peasant War of 1524-25

PEASANT WAR, GERMANY, 1525. Armed peasants during the Peasant War of 1524-25. Woodcut title-page to " Bundersordnung der Bauern, " 1525

Weapon Collection: GERMANY: PEASANT WAR. Peasants bearing arms during the Peasant War of 1524-25

GERMANY: PEASANT WAR. Peasants bearing arms during the Peasant War of 1524-25. Contemporary woodcut by Hans Tirol

Weapon Collection: MEXICO: AZTEC RITUAL. A warrior dressed as a jaguar engages in ritual combat

MEXICO: AZTEC RITUAL. A warrior dressed as a jaguar engages in ritual combat. Illustration from the Codex Magliabechiano, mid 16th century

Weapon Collection: ANTI-BOLSHEVIK POSTER. Poster depicting an Englishman delivering new weapons to

ANTI-BOLSHEVIK POSTER. Poster depicting an Englishman delivering new weapons to their Russian allies to defeat the Red Army monster, from the Russian Civil War, 1918-20

Weapon Collection: DEFENSE OF KIEV. Warriors setting out from Kiev to fight plundering Cuman nomads, 12th century

DEFENSE OF KIEV. Warriors setting out from Kiev to fight plundering Cuman nomads, 12th century. Russian manuscript illumination, 15th century

Weapon Collection: RUSSO JAPANESE WAR, c1905. A Russian hillside battery with a six-inch naval gun

RUSSO JAPANESE WAR, c1905. A Russian hillside battery with a six-inch naval gun, with soldiers standing and the commander seated next to it, Port Arthur, China. Stereograph, c1905

Weapon Collection: CHINA: PEKING, c1900. A group of American soldiers of the 9th U

CHINA: PEKING, c1900. A group of American soldiers of the 9th U.S. Infantry posed around a Gatling gun detachment in the court of the Forbidden City, Peking, China. Stereograph, c1900

Weapon Collection: TOWER OF LONDON, 1600s. Troops and cannons at the Tower of London

TOWER OF LONDON, 1600s. Troops and cannons at the Tower of London. Wash drawing by an unknown artist, 17th century

Weapon Collection: Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar (1794-1868)

Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar (1794-1868)
MUMMADI KRISHNARAJA WADIYAR (1794-1868). Also know as Krishnaraja Wadiyar III. Maharaja of the state of Mysore, India, 1799-1868. Indian painting, 19th century

Weapon Collection: MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (right), a powerful Mixtec ruler

MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (right), a powerful Mixtec ruler of the 11th century. Detail from the Codex Zouche-Nuttal, c1450

Weapon Collection: MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, a powerful Mixtec ruler of the 11th century

MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, a powerful Mixtec ruler of the 11th century, in full warrior costume. Detail from the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, c1450

Weapon Collection: ARISTOMENES OF MESSENIA (7th century B. C. ). Fighting Spartan warriors

ARISTOMENES OF MESSENIA (7th century B. C. ). Fighting Spartan warriors
ARISTOMENES OF MESSENIA (7th century B.C.). Fighting Spartan warriors

ALEXANDER THE GREAT in battle against Darius. Persian miniature, 16th century

Weapon Collection: ARMORER, 18th CENTURY. An armorer and various medieval weapons. Copper engraving

ARMORER, 18th CENTURY. An armorer and various medieval weapons. Copper engraving, French, 18th century

Weapon Collection: ROMAN BALLISTA. Roman soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista

ROMAN BALLISTA. Roman soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. Engraving from an 1552 edition of De Rebus Bellicis, originally from the 4th or 5th century

Weapon Collection: ARCHERS, 15th CENTURY. Archers defending a castle under siege

ARCHERS, 15th CENTURY. Archers defending a castle under siege. Illumination from Chroniques d Angleterre, late 15th century

CANNON, 16th CENTURY. Sighting a cannon in the 16th century: contemporary woodcut

Weapon Collection: LONGBOWMEN, 16th CENTURY. English longbowmen and a halberdier (center). Woodcut

LONGBOWMEN, 16th CENTURY. English longbowmen and a halberdier (center). Woodcut, English, 16th century

Weapon Collection: MONGOLIAN ROCKET BATTERY. 13th century A. D. Drawing

MONGOLIAN ROCKET BATTERY. 13th century A. D. Drawing
MONGOLIAN ROCKET BATTERY. 13th century A.D. Drawing

Weapon Collection: STAG HUNTING, 1582. Man hunting stags using a decoy. Woodcut from the Libro de la Monteria

STAG HUNTING, 1582. Man hunting stags using a decoy. Woodcut from the Libro de la Monteria, by Gonzalo Argote de Molina, 1582

Weapon Collection: CONSTELLATION: HERCULES. Personification of Hercules

CONSTELLATION: HERCULES. Personification of Hercules. Woodcut from Gaius Julius Hyginus Poeticon Astronomicon, Venice, Italy, 1482

Weapon Collection: WORLD WAR I: SPARTACISTS. Followers of Karl Liebknecht carrying machine guns obtained

WORLD WAR I: SPARTACISTS. Followers of Karl Liebknecht carrying machine guns obtained from seized arsenals in Berlin, Germany. Photograph c1919

Weapon Collection: WORLD WAR I: GALLIPOLI. Turkish artillery in position at Gallipoli during World War I

WORLD WAR I: GALLIPOLI. Turkish artillery in position at Gallipoli during World War I. Photograph, 1915

Weapon Collection: WORLD WAR I: SERBIA. Six-inch howitzer of the Allied army being used against Bulgarian

WORLD WAR I: SERBIA. Six-inch howitzer of the Allied army being used against Bulgarian forces near Lake Doiran in Serbia. Photograph, c1916

Weapon Collection: WORLD WAR I: SPIKED BOARDS. Allied soldiers posing with spiked boards laid by the

WORLD WAR I: SPIKED BOARDS. Allied soldiers posing with spiked boards laid by the Germans along transport roads during World War I. Photograph, 1914-1918

Weapon Collection: WORLD WAR I: FLAMETHROWER. An Allied soldier with a German flamethrower during World War I

WORLD WAR I: FLAMETHROWER. An Allied soldier with a German flamethrower during World War I. Photograph, 1914-1918

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