Weapon Collection (page 99)

Caribbean, Antigua Fort James and Renaissance 3
Caribbean, Antigua. Fort James and Renaissance 3

Infants of the Blackhorse Road School, Walthamstow playing with a German rifle that was presented by The National Savings Committee. 3 March 1920

The French armys standard heavy tripod mounted machine gun the Hotchkiss 8mm M1914 machine gun. ( FRENCH )

Lewis machine gun practice at the Dartford County School in Kent. 1936

The Mayor operates a Lewis gun on his visit to the Dartford Territorial Army unit. 1938

Sir Howard Kingsley Wood, the Secretary of State for Air, visiting the Vickers factory in Crayford, Kent. Sir Kingsley holds a Vickers K-GO twin mounted machine gun. 1939

RAF Supermarine Spitfire

A Curtiss F-boat, an early guided missile equipped with gyropilot, developed, 1915, by Elmer Sperry and his son
AERIAL TORPEDO, 1915. A Curtiss F-boat, an early guided missile equipped with gyropilot, developed, 1915, by Elmer Sperry and his son, Lawrence

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A horse-powered tank. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century
LEONARDO: INVENTION. A horse-powered tank. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century

11 O Clock
circa 1924: The gun firing at 11 o clock on Armistice Day in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dandy Troops
1905: Troops from New South Wales, Australia. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images)

H Bomb
15th May 1957: A mushroom cloud rises over the Pacific Ocean following the detonation of Britains first H-bomb near Christmas Island (Kiribati). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Nuclear Testing
Operation Hurricane, Britains first atomic weapons detonation, takes place off Trimouille Island, in the Monte Bello Islands, 3rd October 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856: A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder. From William Simpson Illustrations of the War in the East London 1855-1856

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), American inventor and industrialist, shown here with the Colt revolver, the weapon which, after the Mexican war of 1846-8, was adopted by the US army

Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors. Coloured drawing by Hieronyouse Koler, Hohemath Expedition. At bottom right Europeans in tent eating and drinking

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th President of the USA (1901-9) said to be in dress of lst Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelts Rough Riders)

Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) Welsh-born American explorer with a Gatling machine gun on his expedition of 1887

Russo-Turkish (Crimean) War 1853-1856. Zouaves, French infantry of Algerian origin, coming to assistance of British troops, helping them to repulse Russian attack at Inkermann 5 November 1854

Pipers leading a march: kilted Highland Footguards wearing Busbies and Sporrans. Coloured lithograph from cover of Bonnie Scotland Highland march: composer John Pridham, c1860

Harold IIs (c1022-1066) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by armoured standard bearer and warrior with axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lance:1066. After a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry

Byzantine cavalrymen overwhelming enemy cavalry and footsoldiers. Illustrated manuscript

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856 The New Works at the Siege of Sebastapol. Mortar battery on right of Jordans battery. From William Simpson Illustrations of the War in the East 1855-1856

Boer War: Siege of Ladysmith by Boers, 1 November 1899 - 28 February 1900: defending British troops in trenches fixing bayonets in preparation to repel attack

Boer War: Siege of Mafeking by Boers 12 October 1899 - 17 May 1900: defending British troops making a night sortie

Creusot quick-firing field gun, or Long Tom which delivered eighty-four-pound shells and was a powerful weapon in the Boer armoury. Engraving

James Butler Wild Bill Hickock (1837-1876) American scout and lawman. Painting from life by Henry H Cross 1874. Thomas Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Four Crow men on horseback holding feathered spears, c1910. Photograph by Edward Curtis (1868-1952)

Native American man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right: arms folded, holding bow, arrow, and tomahawk: dressed in bone breast plate. Photograph by Heyn and Matzen 1900

Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453) Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415. Henry V (1387-1422) in thick of fight. Notable victory for English. Copperplate engraving published 1825

Agnes, Countess of Dunbar (1312ja-1369), known as Black Agnes, defending Dunbar Castle in 1338 when her husband rebelled against the English. Early 20th century colour-printed wood engraving

Pikes and lances fitted with small fire tubes which, when lit, propelled the missiles towards the enemy. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540). Woodcut

Shooting crossbows at the butts. At one time archery practice was compulsory for adult males, serving the dual purpose of providing defenders in the event of the siege of a town or city

The Office, Brooklyn Navy Yard Postcard. ca. 1904, The Office, Brooklyn Navy Yard Postcard

The Casino, Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks Postcard. 1903, The Casino, Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks Postcard

Alligator Joe, and His Pets, Palm Beach, Fla. Postcard. 1904, Alligator Joe, and His Pets, Palm Beach, Fla. Postcard

Captain William Rogers capturing the Jeune Richard, 1 October 1807. Rogers, Captain of the British mail packet Windsor Castle engaged the French privateer Jeune Richard off Barbados

Skirmishers of the French Imperial Army. Lithograph 1828

Greek Hoplite in battle against the Amazons (30BC - 200ADja). Detail from sarcophagus of Roman Imperial epoch. Vatican Museum

French soldiers using film of a cavalry charge for rifle practice. 1912. From Le Petit Journal, (Paris, 30 June 1912). Halftone

American Civil War: Confederate (southern) General Hood wounded at the battle of Chicamauga, 1863. Wood engraving published London, September 1863

The Sword Maker. Craftsman at his workbench holds item in a vice while he works on it with a file. Around him are daggers and swords he has made. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) Swiss engraver

Arquebusier or hand-gun maker. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) Swiss engraver

Double-barrelled dragonneau cast in 1503. Engraving of item in Royal Armoury, Madrid

Foot soldier carrying an arquebus. Engraving after Cesare Vecellio Degli habiti antichi et moderni 1590

Early Match caliver c1590. Wood engraving c1880

Japanese plate. Seated warrior in full armour holding bow and fan, quiver of arrows on his back. Cloisonne enamel on copper 1850-1875

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