Ammunition Collection (page 5)

370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry Cheffer
370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). French artillerymen operating a large mortar. Mortars are muzzle-loaded weapons that fire shells at a lower velocity

Chamberlain and Paugus at Lovewells Fight, 1725, (1872). John Chamberlain shoots Paugus. John Lovewell, (1691-1725) was a British explorer and soldier who lived in Dunstable, now Nashua

The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, 1775. Artist: Michael Angelo Rooker
The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, 1775

Gun Turret Aboard USS Passaic, c1860s. Twin barrel gun designed by Captain John Ericsson. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

Russian artillery in action, Eastern Front, 1943

Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

German soldiers marching in Paris, 14 June 1940. A parade of German troops on the day Paris fell to them

Russian soldiers in action near Riga, Latvia, 1944. Riga was recaptured by the Red Army on 13 October 1944

German state munition factory, World War I, 1917. A woman working at a 125 ton grooving press. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Soviet propaganda poster, 1917

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (c1835). In August the fervently anti-revolutionary port of Toulon was occupied by the Bourbons and a British, Spanish and pro-Bourbon military force

Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli, 14 January, 1797. The battle of Rivoli occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy (1735-1810) made his fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua

Method of laying an artillery piece on target using Gunners scale, 18th century. Paths of trajectories and various types of ammunition are shown

Divers salvaging guns from the seabed, c1855. The diving suits appear to be of the type designed by German-born engineer Augustus Siebe (1778-1872)

Book illustration, 1896. Artist: Franz Gottfried
Book illustration, 1896. Illustration from the book The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe. From a private collection

The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
The Big Push, 1916. A munitions worker with a trolley of new shells sending them of for a little trip to the continent (Europe) for use against the Germans

Gunner firing a cannon, 1561. 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

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

Mutineers attacking the magazine at Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857 (c1900). On the orders of Lieutenant George Willoughby, who died of his wounds defending the garrison, the magazine was blown up

Munchhausen, 1943. Baron Munchhausen, played by Hans Albers, flying on a cannon ball, in Josef von Bakys 1943 film Munchhausen. A print from Signal, April 1943

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (19th century). The major port of Toulon was anti-revolutionary and on 28 August 1793, the city turned itself over to the Bourbons and a British

The Tsars Cannon, the largest cannon in the world
The Tsars Cannon, the largest canon in the world. It is 17.45 feet long, has a base of 36.1 inches, and weighs 40 tons. It was cast by Andrey Chokhov

Louis Botha, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Botha (1862-1919), pictured here posing with his decorated Mauser rifle

Koos de la Rey, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Jacobus Hercules de la Rey (1847-1914), assumed charge of Boer operations in western Transvaal on 1 July 1900

New Elgin Marbles, 1860. Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles fame), holds a marble the size and weight of the cannonballs with which Peking had been threatened

The Royal Visit to Cherbourg Anticipated, 1858. The Emperor Napoleon III speaking to Queen Victoria A fine gun, Your Majesty. Queen Victoria replying Yes! Exactly like a number we have at Woolwich

Our next Ambassador to Naples. 1858. A British sailor holding the fuse of a loaded and aimed cannon. The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

Cricket - Capital Practice for the Round Bowling of the Period, 1859. This cartoon shows cricket practice being enlivened by the use of a cannon to replace the more traditional bowler

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