| 19th and Early 20th Century |
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Boer 'Long Tom' shell. |
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A 94 pound shell from one of the Boer 'Long Tom' Creusot artillery pieces fired into the town of Ladysmith during it's seige. It presumably failed to ...
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British 4.7 inch Naval Gun |
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A view of one of the huge, converted Naval pieces used as artillery in the Anglo-Boer war. It is from an Underwood and Underwood stereoview and is ent...
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Horse Artillery troop - Boer War |
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An untitled photograph of a troop of horse artillery from the Anglo-Boer War period. The image clearly shows the late 19th century British khaki unifo...
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| The First World War |
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British 18pr Field Gun |
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This British field gun was introduced in 1904 and was primarily used during World War 1. It could fire an 8.4kg shell up to 5965 metres and had a cali...
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British 60lbr Gun Mk 1 |
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Medium artillery piece brought into service in 1904 and used extensively during World War 1 both on the Western front and in the Middle East. It's use...
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British 9.2inch Mk 1 heavy Howitzer |
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A heavy seige howitzer from the First World War. This piece came into service in 1914 and it's incredible 290lb (131.5kg) shells would pound indirect ...
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French 75mm gun and limber |
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This important field gun was introduced in 1897 and was the standard French fieldpiece into the 1930's. It played an important role in the German defe...
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| The Second World War |
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Bofors 40mm light Anti-Aircraft Gun |
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The 40mm L/60 automatic anti-aircraft gun was designed in Sweden by Bofors in 1928. It became so successful it was simply known as a 'Bofors gun' and ...
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British 25 pounder field gun |
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The 25lbr Mk II QF gun was the standard British divisional field gun from the 1940's up to the late 1960's. It could be used in both the close support...
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British 25 pounder Gun and Morris C8 Quad Tractor |
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These images show a 25 pounder gun with it's tractor, the Morris C8 Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) known as the Quad in WW2 colours. The Morris Quad wa...
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British 5.5 inch Mk III Medium Gun |
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A medium cailbre artillery piece brought into service in 1941 (this one dates from 1942) was still being used in the 1970's. It could fire a 45.4 kg s...
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German 88mm Anti-Aircraft Gun and Argentine 20mm AA gun |
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The premier, multi-purpose gun of the second world war, the German 88 was respected and feared wherever it was encountered. A high muzzle velocity, go...
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German Pak 38 Anti-Tank gun |
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Used on all fronts throughout the second world war the 5cm pak38 was the mainstay of the German infantry's anti-tank artillery. Designed in 1940 it fi...
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Morris Commercial CDSW Field Artillery Tractor |
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The Morris 6x4 Tractor was brought into service in the 1930's to tow heavy field guns like the 25 pounder but was not as manouverable as the later Mor...
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PIAT infantry anti-armour weapon |
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The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank weapon or PIAT for short was used by British forces during and after World War 2, particularly by paratroopers when...
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Sexton, 25lbr Self-propelled Gun, 1945 |
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| later 20th Century & Modern |
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British 5.5 inch medium gun. |
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British Light anti-armour weapons |
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A display of 2 light anti-armour weapons used by the British Army in the 1970's and 80's.
The larger of the two is the Carl-Gustav 84mm recoilless ...
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British MOBAT anti-tank weapon |
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An artillery piece looked after by members of the 20th Century Revisited group. It was a prominent infantry fire support weapon from the 1960's.
It...
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British MOBAT Anti-tank weapon in action |
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A re-creation of a crew of British Army personnel working a Mobat recoilless anti-tank weapon of the 1970's.
Crew'ed by members of the 20th Century...
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Foden, 8x6 IMMLC with Cobra radar |
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The Foden based Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier mounting the Cobra radar array as used by the British Army for counter battery artillery locatio...
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Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) |
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The Royal Artillery's main long range weapon system capable of launching 12 guided rockets, each delivering a 200lb warhead up to 300 miles range.
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L1 BAT (Battalion Anti-Tank) Recoilless Rifle |
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The Oto Melara 105mm pack Howitzer |
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A light artillery piece made in Italy during the 1950's to fire standard 105mm ammunution but still be either towed by a jeep or broken down and carri...
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US Multi Launch Rocket System (MLRS) |
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A long distance shot of an MLRS battery providing heavy artillery support during Operation Desert Storm.
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