Bullet Collection

New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis
The Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per

Shinkansen (Bullet) train arriving at Kokura station, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

FRANCISCO PANCHO VILLA (1877-1923). Mexican revolutionary leader. Photographed wearing bandoliers with his military staff during the Mexican Revolution, c1913

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

Shinkansen (Bullet) train at Shin-Osaka station, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

Bullet train at Shin-Osaka Station, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Asia

Police Station
31st December 1956: The Clones Road customs post in Ulster which has sustained damage from bullets. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8772 - Assassins On British Border - pub

Canadian World War One Patriotic Postcard. " Here Comes Canada!" Date: circa 1916

Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1949
A blonde bombshell model wears a rather elaborate creation. Date: 1949

Sarwani Soldier
A Sarwani (or Sherwani) tribesman. The Sarwani are a Batani Pashtun tribe settled in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Date: circa 1910

VIETNAM WAR: SOLDIER, 1970. A U. S. 61st Infantry Regiment trooper with a peace symbol
VIETNAM WAR: SOLDIER, 1970. A U.S. 61st Infantry Regiment trooper with a peace symbol and religious medals as well as a bandolier of bullets at Con Thiem, Vietnam, February 1970

Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848 / 68. Creator: Unknown
Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848/68

Relief of Prague by Russians (1 / 6)
Prague, Czech Republic - relief of the city at the end of World War Two by Russian forces. Here a young Russian female soldier rides into the city. Date: 1945

Cretan Military Leader
A Greek Cretan patriot

Soldier X-Rayed / 1915
Locating a bullet in a soldiers heart by means of an x-ray

Lutz Moeller. 30-06 hunting cartridges with MJG lead free bullets are seen in Vienna
Lutz Moeller.30-06 hunting cartridges with MJG lead free bullets are seen in Vienna, Austria, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

A guns collector holds 7. 65 caliber bullets in his house in Bordeaux
A guns collector holds 7.65 caliber bullets in his house in Bordeaux, France, March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Sellier & Bellot 7. 62 mm full metal jacket match bullets are seen in Vienna
Sellier & Bellot 7.62 mm full metal jacket match bullets are seen in Vienna, Austria, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

A modern air rifle with a futuristic design. Pneumatic weapons for sports and entertainment. Isolate on a white background

Ibex 7 mm lead free hunting bullets are seen in Vienna, Austria, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Loaded magazines for a Glock 19, 9 mm Para and for a Glock 20, 10 mm Auto pistol are seen in Vienna, Austria, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

A rose placed in a bullet hole in a restaurant window the day after a series of deadly attacks in Paris, November 14, 2015

blue bullet
Marco Pozzi

Colt Breech-Loading Guns and Rifles Date: late 19th century

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Afrosiyob Samarkand to Tashkent fast train, Samarqand railway station, Samarkand
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Afrosiyob Samarkand to Tashkent fast train, Samarqand railway station

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets), 1884 or earlier. Creator: Jean-Leon Gerome
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets), 1884 or earlier

A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is pictured at a training camp in Azaz, Syria January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

30-06 Springfield caliber bullets are seen at a shooting range in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

A gun owner displays 10 mm Auto cartridges with Barnes TAC-XP hollow point bullets in Vienna, Austria, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Tracer rounds cross the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 22

A pile of recyclable bullet casings used for the production of copper wires is seen at a foundry in Peshawar, Pakistan August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Items thought to belong to Greek World War Two soldiers are pictured in Himara
Bullets, empty shells and an old razor thought to belong to Greek World War Two soldiers are pictured in Himara, Albania January 26, 2018. Picture taken January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Bullets for a 9mm handgun are pictured at a shooting range in Istanbul
Empty bullet cartridges are pictured at a shooting range in in Istanbul, Turkey, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

A cross and bullet are seen on Ukrainian serviceman as he stands in his camp near Donetsk September 2, 2014. Russian troops are strengthening their positions in eastern Ukraine

A guns collector holds a 7. 65 caliber bullet in his house in Bordeaux
A guns collector holds a 7.65 caliber bullet in his house in Bordeaux, France, March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

No protection
John Colbensen

Nagayama Yaichi Ducking Bullets, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nagayama Yaichi Ducking Bullets, 1878. From A Chronicle of Events at Kagoshima

Inconvénient de tirer les perdreaux... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Inconvenient de tirer les perdreaux... 19th century....avec les nouvelles balles foudroyantes de Devisme'. Partridge-shooting with Devisme's new exploding bullets

The New English, French and German Magazine Rifles, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The New English, French and German Magazine Rifles, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Former US president William Howard Taft, major general of the Red Cross, takes part in artillery testing

Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army, U.S. Rifle Tests, 1918. Former US president William Howard Taft, major general of the Red Cross, takes part in artillery testing

Newsboy picking up bullets for the barricade, between 1903 and 1905. Creator: Adolphe Willette
Newsboy picking up bullets for the barricade, between 1903 and 1905

Photographie de la blessure causée par une balle explosible... 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Photographie de la blessure causee par une balle explosible... 1914....a un homme du 152me Regt. d'Infanterie (8me Compagnie); (combat du 10 Aout 1914 au col de Lonchpach contre le 171me Regt)

Cartouches trouvées les 25 et 26 Août, 1914... between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Cartouches trouvees les 25 et 26 Aout, 1914... between 1910 and 1920. First World War ammunition. Cartouches trouvees...sur le champ de bataille de Remereville et de Crevic dans des chargeurs portes

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War -...extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Small arms in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Small arms in the International Exhibition, 1862. 1. Sword presented by the Romans to the King of Italy; made by Castallani of Rome; 2. Sword-hilt by Wilkinson, Pall-mall; 3

The Circassian envoys to England, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Circassian envoys to England, 1862. Engraving from photographs by Mayall, The elder of them is named Constan Okhoo Ismael [right]...He has...resisted successfully the overwhelming forces which

Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes

Ubersoldat
Dragos Carbuneanu

Seoul, South Korea - November 8, 2017 : High-speed bullet trains arrived at platform in Seoul station, South Korea

Glass shot with air gun
Yannik Steiger

X-ray - Soldier with Bullet Bound Being Examined 1900
Wounded soldier from the Boer War been examined in a London hospital by means of X-ray. One of the interesting features of the Boer War was the demonstration of the practical utility of the X-rays

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"From Revolution to Innovation: The Impact of the Bullet" The bullet, a small but mighty invention, has played a significant role in shaping history and revolutionizing warfare. In 1848, the first issue of the Colt Dragoon Model 1848 revolver brought about a new era of firepower. This British-made weapon by G. H. Davis became synonymous with power and precision. During the Mexican Revolution in 1913, Francisco Pancho Villa led his troops fearlessly while donning bandoliers filled with bullets. His iconic image symbolized strength and resilience as he fought for freedom against oppressive forces. In World War II's brutal Battle of Stalingrad, house-to-house fighting showcased the devastating impact of bullets on both sides. The relentless exchange of gunfire left scars that would forever be etched into history. However, not all uses of they are associated with conflict and destruction. Japan's Shinkansen train system revolutionized transportation as these high-speed "bullet trains" raced across Kyushu and Osaka stations in Asia. These sleek marvels demonstrated Japan's commitment to progress and efficiency. Meanwhile, an advertisement for J. Roussel underwear from 1949 cleverly incorporated bullet imagery to emphasize their product's durability - highlighting how even undergarments could withstand anything life threw at them. Bullets have also been used as symbols during times of peace activism. During the Vietnam War in 1970, a U. S soldier adorned himself with religious medals alongside a peace symbol while wearing a bandolier filled with bullets - representing hope amidst chaos. Even traditional Greek costumes embraced bullet-inspired designs as three men proudly displayed their heritage through intricately decorated attire during festivities in Athens. Lastly, Canadian World War One patriotic postcards depicted soldiers armed with rifles loaded with bullets standing tall against adversity - reminding us that sometimes it is necessary to fight for what we believe in. Whether it be on battlefields or within technological advancements like high-speed trains, the bullet has left an indelible mark on our history.