Weapons Collection (#9)

Two mounted troops from the British Army Rocket Brigade created in 1818 after the success of Congreve's rocket introduced in 1804 Date: 1827

Congreve rocket carriages in transit and in action Date: 1827

ARMOURED TRAIN
This armoured train originally made during the Revolution is once again used to transport troops and weapons : the inscription reads Death to the German Invaders Date: World War Two

RAY GUN PROJECT - 1
English inventor Grindell Matthews sets up his death- ray device in his workshop Date: 1924

Ray Gun Project Military Weapons Projects 1924
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RAY GUN PROJECT - 2
English inventor Grindell Matthews demonstrates his death- ray device on a small target Date: 1924

Hannibal stripping the dead Romans after battle
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, after defeating the Romans, stripping the dead of their armour and weapons. Date: 218 BC

2500 BC Egyptian carpenter drilling into a chair by twisting a bow string around a shaft, side view
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Douglas NRA-3B Skyraider N576HA (msn 11730, ex 142667), operated by Hughes for weapons research, at NAS Point Mugu open house on 24 October 1993. Date: 1993

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Lethal Smoke
Klaus Tesching

An Australian Aboriginal in full war paint, after a work by J. Macfarlane, from a contemporary print, c. 1935; Artwork
An Australian Aboriginal in full war paint, after a work by J. Macfarlane, from a contemporary print, c.1935; Artwork

An attack on a coach, mid 17th century. From La Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887

Cannon on a city wall, Derry City, Ireland
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King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, Council of War before the Battle of Sheriffmuir, Perthshire, Scotland, 13 November 1715, during the Jacobite rising known as the Fifteen

General John Richmond Webbs attack on the French army, Battle of Wijnendale (present-day Flanders, Belgium), 28 September 1708, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1708

The Duke of Marlborough in danger, Battle of Ramillies, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), 23 May 1706, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1706

The Arrest of the Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France, on 5 September 1695, by Everard Van Dyckvelt and twelve English Lifeguards, after the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695)

Breechloader rifle, in use around 1700. Ammunition is loaded via the rear end of the barrel. Date: circa 1700

General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Siege of Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, February 1651. The castle was bombarded with cannon fire for twelve days, and left in ruins. Date: 1651

The Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire, 14 June 1645, a Parliamentarian victory against the Royalists during the English Civil War (1642-1651). Date: 1645

The attack on Montroses cavalry at the Battle of Kilsyth, near Stirling, Scotland, 15 August 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Arquebusiers (infantrymen armed with arquebuses, a form of long gun) on horseback with snaphance carbines, reproduced from Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632

Collar of bandoleers (bandoliers), a shoulder belt used to hold sets of ammunition, with cords, rings, bullet-bag and primer. Date: 17th century

Retreat of the British, following the unsuccessful Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Re, near La Rochelle, France, October 1627, part of the Anglo-French War (1627-1629)

The Duke of Buckingham (George Villiers) and his army on the island of Re, during the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Re, near La Rochelle, France, 1627, part of the Anglo-French War (1627-1629). Date: 1627

The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands), 19-30 May 1591, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, near Edinburgh, 6 April 1560, part of the European Wars of Religion. Weapons were fired after a supposed cessation of hostilities

The Fight for the Standard at the Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh, Scotland, 10 September 1547, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

The Battle of Ancrum Moor, near Jedburgh, Scotland, 27 February 1545, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

The Battle of the Herrings (the Battle of Rouvray), in Northern France, during the Siege of Orleans, fought between France and Scotland against England, 12 February 1429

Charge of the Scots under Sir Archibald Douglas at the Battle of Halidon Hill, near Berwick-on-Tweed, 19 July 1333, against the English army under King Edward III

King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Date: 1066

1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow: - Tornado and Jaguar
Unloading and arranging the replica display weapons in front of SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A XX979 (fitted with an experimental radar in a replacement nose) and Panavia Tornado P.03 XX947

Defeat of the Retrievers of the Kings Glory, Melloon, Burma, during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826). Date: 1826

Surrender of Asirghar Fort, India, 9 April 1819, bringing an end to the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819). Date: 1819

The last charge at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Charge of French Lancers at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Storming of the fortress at Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain, 19 January 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1812

The Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont, Belgium, Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Battle of Albuera, Extremadura, Spain, 16 May 1811, fought by the French Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw against the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Battle of Bussaco, Aveiro district, Portugal, 27 September 1810, fought by the British and Portuguese against France, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1810

Battle of Corunna (Battle of Elvina), Galicia, Spain, 16 January 1809, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). It was fought by Great Britain and Spain against France. Date: 1809

Passage of the Douro (Second Battle of Porto, Battle of the Douro, Crossing of the Douro), Porto, Portugal, 12 May 1809, fought by Great Britain and Portugal against the French Empire

Bombardment of Copenhagen (Second Battle of Copenhagen), 15 August to 7 September 1807. Date: 1807

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