Guns Collection (page 8)

French warship, cover illustration from 'La Marine de Guerre', 1909 (colour litho)
CHT397992 French warship, cover illustration from 'La Marine de Guerre', 1909 (colour litho) by Sebille, Albert (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Franco Prussian War (1870-1871), Battle of Sedan in the Ardennes on September 1, 1870 (engraving)
AIS5337314 Franco Prussian War (1870-1871), Battle of Sedan in the Ardennes on September 1, 1870 (engraving); © Iberfoto.

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

The War in Schleswig: wounded Austrians...after the battle of Over-Selk..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: wounded Austrians on the road to Rendsburg, after the battle of Over-Selk, 1864. 'Since Monday 15,000 Austrians

U.S. field kitchen in France, 11 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. field kitchen in France, 11 Mar 1918. American soldiers of the Machine Gun Battalion, Company G, Second Brigade, gathered around outdoor kitchen in Hermitage

Anti-aircraft gun, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Anti-aircraft gun, 1918. American marine in France with an anti-aircraft gun during World War I.

Cannon made by rebels now in use near Juarez, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cannon made by rebels now in use near Juarez, between c1910 and c1915.

British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. The pilot and observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 biplane (serial number B5106) of No

Defense against aeroplanes with French "155", 9 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Defense against aeroplanes with French "155", 9 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). French soldiers with the Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) mle.1917, a 155 mm cannon

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I.

Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers with possibly a De-Bange 155 mm cannon from France, in Macedonia during World War I.

Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918 (date created or published later). Sailors on a French Navy ship.

Austrians loading 30.5 cm gun, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians loading 30.5 cm gun, between c1915 and 1918. Austrian soldiers loading an artillery shell into a cannon during World War I.

Swiss field Howitzer, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Swiss field Howitzer, between c1915 and c1920. Swiss army soldiers with howitzer gun during World War I.

Howitzer at Hero Land, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Howitzer at Hero Land, 1917. Soldiers on a howitzer artillery piece at the Hero Land Bazaar, held in November and December of 1917 in New York City during World War I.

Machine gun school, 12 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Machine gun school, 12 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). Men becoming more familiar with the delicate mechanism of the automatic rifle as part of their aviation training.

British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Three 8 inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme

French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. French soldiers placing machine gun on its tripod during World War I.

Lewis machine gun crew, Camp Mills, 10 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lewis machine gun crew, Camp Mills, 10 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Soldiers with Lewis machine guns at Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) Long Island, New York.

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Margaret Murray Crumpacker, Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Episcopal suffragen bishop and military chaplain Herbert Shipman (1869-1930), addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917
British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. British soldiers with a captured German field gun (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.) near Wytschaete, Belgium, during the Battle of Messines during World War I, on June 10, 1917.

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917
Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917
Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with naval officer on board the U.S.S

U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S
U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A Canadian Highlander soldier with an American soldier, possibly outside the 71st Regiment Armory

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A group of Native Americans inspecting the model weapons aboard the USS Recruit

Marines now in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines now in France, 1917. U.S. Marines in France during World War I.

Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Soldiers of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with captured machine guns in front of a German mobile pill box and observation post

Actors Fund Fair, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Actors Fund Fair, 1917 or 1918. Red Cross nurses standing behind guns at an Army and Navy Tea Room during a fundraiser for the Actor's Fund.

Latest French anti-aircraft gun, 1917 29 Nov 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Latest French anti-aircraft gun, 1917 29 Nov 1917. A French 75mm field gun which has been mounted for use as an anti-aircraft weapon, during the Salonika Campaign during World War I.

Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. American soldiers in a gun squad at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

German 5.9 gun captured by British, 13 Feb 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German 5.9 gun captured by British,13 Feb 1917. British Royal Artillery officers of the 9th Division examining a German 5.9 inch howitzer captured in the west bank of Happy Valley

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt. Wells Hawks (1870-1941), a member of the Navy's public relations team with "Chief Bald Eagle"

British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. The troops of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with some German machine guns which they captured in Tilloy-les Mofflaines, France, April 10

Germans passing thro' Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans passing thro' Paracin, on Belgrad - Nisch Line, between c1910 and c1920. German soldiers marching through the Serbian town of Paracin during World War I.

Defenders of Tsing Tau, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Defenders of Tsing Tau, 1914. German soldiers outside of Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China, probably during the Siege of Tsingtao during which the German-controlled port city was attacked by British

Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. A soldier behind a metal Russian barricade during World War I. The barricade has holes, through which the soldier can shoot.

Austrian 24 cm. mortar captured by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian 24 cm. mortar captured by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Russian soldiers and civilians with a mortar weapon during World War I.

Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Possibly shows Hans von Mining, a mascot with the German Army during World War I.

Field gun drawn by oxen, Serbia, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Field gun drawn by oxen, Serbia, between c1915 and c1920.

German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers firing field gun during World War I.

Austrian 15 cm. gun in action, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian 15 cm. gun in action, between c1910 and c1915. An Austrian army gun, probably during World War I.

Austrian siege gun in Belg. [i.e., Belgium], between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian siege gun in Belg. [i.e., Belgium], between c1914 and c1915. The barrel segment of a Skoda 305 mm Model 1911 howitzer gun

Germans watching for aeroplanes, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans watching for aeroplanes, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers with a anti-aircraft machine gun, looking for airplanes during World War I.

Austrian artillery in the Bukowina, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian artillery in the Bukowina, between c1914 and c1915. Austrian artillery soldiers in Bukowina (Bukovina) during World War I

A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Camping of the expeditionary army in Siberia, c1919. Creator: Unknown
Camping of the expeditionary army in Siberia, c1919.

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Join the Royal Artillery and become a part of history. This recruitment poster calls upon brave individuals to enlist in the prestigious ranks of the British military. From wielding the powerful new British Sten gun by G. H. Davis to commanding L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, there are countless opportunities for adventure and skill development. Experience the thrill of re-enacting Civil War battles with the Sealed Knot near Edgehill, Warwickshire. Immerse yourself in history as you handle authentic firearms like the British 25-pounder field gun also designed by G. H. Davis. Witnessing British guns dash through French towns during wartime showcases their formidable strength and effectiveness on enemy lines. These weapons were masterfully crafted by legendary inventor John Moses Browning, whose innovations revolutionized firearm technology. From HMS Duke of York firing a thunderous broadside during World War II to Hs Power's poignant painting depicting artillery and horses at Ypres in WW1, these images remind us of both triumphs and sacrifices made on battlefields throughout history. Even Italian recruitment posters from World War II highlight how crucial they were in defending nations against tyranny. Winston Churchill himself visited gun sites across England in 1944, emphasizing their vital role in protecting our freedom. Step up to serve your country just like those depicted in 'At The Front' - an iconic World War I recruitment poster that inspired generations. Embrace this opportunity to make a difference while honoring those who have fought before you.