Weapons Collection (#6)

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

British soldiers leave for France during World War 2. Circa 1940s

Soldiers of the 24th Guards Brigade give covering fire to a fighting patrol advancing into Rosennano to clear the village of German snipers 9th July 1944

Anti aircraft machine gun on a submarine boat. These machine guns were used for close range use, as the war planes got closer and closer to their targets. Picture taken during training

Anti aircraft gun and army unit in the Hull and Yorkshire, or East Riding, area of England during World War Two. Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as " all measures

R A O C men learning the recovering of capsizes tanks at a Midlands training centre. England. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army

RAF Technicians at one of the launch control suites for one of the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

RAF Technician runs a tests on the Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Press Visit to R. A. F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base
Press Visit to R.A.F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base. The Thor is a intermediate range ballistic missile. Seen here taking its places as part of the operational front - line of the Royal Air

Soldiers of the South Vietnamese army advance on Viet Cong positions in Trang Bang just days after the peace treaty between the USA and North Vietnam was signed in Paris. 31st January 1973

And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie crime novel play, cast rehearsing on stage at the Duke of York Theatre, London, Wednesday 3rd February 1988. Our Picture Shows

A Bren Gun Carrier of the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment on display at their barracks in Kingston Upon Thames. Circa April 1938

Chief Instructor, Sergeant Ivor Montgomery, training police women on the firing range at Fingringhoe, Essex. Pictured, WPC Elizabeth Jenkin, 25, takes aim on the firing range with her revolver

Assault troops of the Cheshire Regiment dash on to the Liverpool Landing Stage to take over the Wallasey ferry boat Leasowe at the start of the exercise Friendly Invasion. 19th August 1961

The Sealed Knot Society re-enactment of the Battle of Edgehill at Kineton, Warwickshire. 25th August 1985

The Bizerte Crisis 1961 French soldiers on the streets of Bizerte. July 21st 1961 The crisis arose after Tunisian forces surrounded

Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence playing with his young son Stephen (aged two and a half) and daughter Traced (aged 5) at the family home. February 1970

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian soldiers in the trenches on the Ogadan front. The soldiers have no steel helmets, gas masks or modern weapons to stop the Italian advance

A Blue Steel missile at RAF Waddington The UKs nuclear deterrent seen here being loaded aboard a RAF Avro Vulcan. 14 February 1963

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers seen here marching through the centre of Bury to the regimental depot at Wellington Barracks. Circa 1950

1916 Dublin Easter Uprising. On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a small group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic and, along with some 1, 600 followers

Mr and Mrs Lambert, Mr and Mrs Fraser, engineering shop, Stockport. 23rd June 1941

An Avro Lancaster bomber which has been frequently flown as a Master bomber pictured after completing its 100th operation. She is Lancaster A-Able and is pictured with members of the ground crew

Ready for action - part of D Company 4 para from Norton get set for todays major exercise on Salisbury Plain. For several of the lads it is their first parachute jump with the battalion

Men of the Second City Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment leaving Sutton Coldfield, holding Lee Enfield Rifles. July 1915

Belgian gun dog teams take a rest on the road to Hofstade 28th September 1914

Belgian mounted gendarmerie seen here on patrol during the advance of the German army during the summer of 1914. 8th September 1914

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward (T. E. ) Lawrence, an officer in the British army known
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward (T.E.) Lawrence, an officer in the British army known for his role in the Arab revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-18 during World War One

Fashions taken during London Fashion Week 1964 Model wearing a tartan skirt and waistcoat with a bow and arrow - archery - as a row of men sitting down on a bench look on

1974 World Cup. Frankfurt, West Germany. A member of the Yugoslavia football practices his aim during shooting practice before the Group Three match with Scotland. 21st June 1974

Ingrid Bergman actress May 1962 rehearsing for a TV play with Ralph Richardson. Holding a pistol gun

HMS Victory fires her last salute before going into dry dock at Portsmouth in January 1922

Roger Moore Actor during break from filming The Wild Geese with family October 1977 Dbase MSI

A large area of East Pakistan territory is under the control of the Bangladesh Freedom Fighters. These pictures were taken on patrol with an operational unit whose camp is in the Jungle just inside

Interior of Polaris submarine HMS Resolution. 21st May 1970

Press showing of the Handley Page Victor bomber with its Blue Steel stand - off bomb. The pictures were taken at R.A.F. Wittering, near Peterborough

Army British The Special Air Service SAS On patrol in the desert in Oman Three soldiers sit together with their guns

Comedian Charlie Drake poses with British singer and actor Gary Miller (left) and Jackie Ray (right) at rehearsal for Leslie A Macdonnells pantomime Old King Cole at the London Palladium

The Sealed Knot Society organised an encounter between Cavaliers and Roundheads at the bridgehead over the river in the early stages of the siege of Warwick Castle which took place at dusk

The Sealed Knot Society organised an encounter between Cavaliers and Roundheads at the bridgehead over the river in the early stages of the siege of Warwick Castle which took place at dusk

In the N. B. C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S. A. 80
In the N.B.C. (nuclear biological) suit holding the new S.A.80. weapon, Private Wayne Robson of the 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. January 1985 P035496

A woman wearing a protective gas mask - February 1981 holding and spraying a can of Ant Killer Spray. Pest Control -

British battleship HMS Rodney of the Royal Navy firing her secondary armament of six inch guns during exercises at sea in the Second World War December 1940

A woman posing wearing a mini dress and holding a shot gun November 1969 Z10903-002

A man shooting at a target during practice at Gun City shooting range in South Africa. June 1980 80-03122-001

Dismantled Bomb. Members of Royal Army Ordanance Corps with Dismantled 50lb Bomb. September 1971 71-8819-002

Ethiopian Chief Fitaurari Mangasha and his warriors
Ethiopian Commander of the Spearhead Fitaurari (General) Mangasha (with shield centre right) and his fearsome band of warriors pictured in the Arbaate Asmera neighbourhood of Asmara, Eritrea

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S. 2B XW988
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW988 (msn B3-3-72) of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Boscombe Down. XW988, with two more S.2Bs

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