RMP66WNN–Spanish civil war: Smuggling weapons in the Pyrenees
RMP6521N–Spanish Civil War: Catalan republican forces take supplies from ships in a rocky inlet on the coast. Supplies including weapons are offloaded. drawing by C. Saenz de Tejada
RM2A5YW1Y–Weapons of Leadership, Kuba axe, from Democratic Republic of Congo.
RM2A5YT96–Three boys and a girl with weapons in the spring of 1937 during the Spanish Civil War
RM2A5YTK3–Republican soldiers give up their weapons at the French frontier as they flee Spain, during the Spanish Civil War
RMR226YF–American protesters picketing against the use of tax dollars for the development of nuclear weapons]. Photo by Fred Palumbo. 1950
RM2A604RC–Rocky Flats Plant, Critical Mass Laboratory. Experimental control panel for Uranium and plutonium experiments in the uS nuclear weapons programme.
RMP68YAW–Photograph of Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew. Dated 1950
RMTXGAF7–Poster shows soldiers and their weapons behind a barricade of Austrian coins. Text: Subscribe to the 7th War Loan, Vienna Commercial Bank. Created by Alfred Offner.
RMTXGG4N–Japanese soldiers entering China during the invasion of 1937
RM2A604PB–Foundry furnace used to process depleted Uranium and Beryllium ingots. Rocky Flats Plant, Non-Nuclear Production Facility, Colorado.
RM2A5YM7A–An Archery contest at Heyst, Belgium. Archery is a favourite sport of the Flemings, especially in the towns of West Flanders. The archers shoot at small marks called 'vogels' which rest on cross-bars at the top of tall poles.
RMTXGGNR–German infantry moving forward into an attack covered by heavy artillery support.
RMR23JM4–Wahiao Meeting House, at Te Pakira Marae Rotorua New Zealand 1900
RMTXGBX1–Japanese soldiers in Manchuria
RMTXGRRW–Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1900): British position at Sherpore, Cabul (Kabul). Gatling gun bastion making ready to repel attack by the Ghazis, 23 December 1879 February 1880 Wood engraving
RMTXGAFG–Horyu Tower. Print shows two men fighting with swords on the roof of a tower.
RMP68XMP–Engagement between the 'Bourbonnais' Neapolitan steam-gun battery; Faro. August 23; 1860.
RM2A6005M–Engraving of a 14th Century Mongol armour. Dated 14th Century
RMP67WPY–Abandoned German artillery and flame throwers, during World War One
RMP67WAY–American large military canon in world war one
RMP67W79–Krupps armaments factory in Germany during in the first world war
RMR2433J–Canadian soldiers, in the Battle of Amiens, World war one, France, August 1918
RMR23JK9–The mushroom head protector used in an archery contest, Belgium 1914. Under this structure we see two archers picking arrows for their next shot. The leather 'brassards' on their arms are supposed to protect their wrists against injury caused by the string when the arrow is released.
RM2A60057–Engraving depicting the attack on the bridge at Pa-Li-Chan. Dated 19th Century
RMR2433N–World war one, France, August 1918 Canadian soldiers resting in a trench
RMTXGAT2–Dragon King's palace. Print shows the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna, with bow and arrows, at the palace of the demon Ibaraki. By Yoshitoshi Taiso.
RMR24339–Canadian machine gunners at Vimy Ridge World war one; April 1917
RMR23HMX–Factory workers drilling with guns in their free time in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) 1942
RM2A5YWR0–Tunisian Arab girl carrying water jar 1900
RM2A60051–Photograph of Chinese soldiers with their weapons. Dated 19th Century
RM2A60319–Moon viewed through the heart by Yoshitoshi Taiso (1839-1892). Woodcut colour print shows two samurai warriors fighting among fallen weapons.
RM2K2JXJM–Photograph taken during the World Forum of Peace Forces in Moscow. Also known as, the World Peace Council, it is an international organization that advocates universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass destruction and all forms of discrimination. Dated 20th Century
RMTXGHBW–Weapons of leadership from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dated 19th Century
RMTXGH8B–Weapons of leadership from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dated 19th Century
RMTXG6KF–Photo from Jürgen Stroop Report to Heinrich Himmler 1943.Jewish women captured with weapons.
RM2RFMC1N–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC1K–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC2D–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC15–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC1B–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC1F–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RM2RFMC19–Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll
RMR242E3–Photograph of a mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll. Dated 1946
RMR242E2–Photograph of a mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll. Dated 1946
RMR242E4–Photograph of a mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll. Dated 1946
RMTXG968–World War I : Subscribe to the 7th War Loan Vienna Commercial Bank, Austrian poster shows soldiers and their weapons behind a barricade of gold Lithograph
RMTXG8D7–Emil Orlik Deutsche Kriegsausstellung - Poster shows a German soldier standing guard by a collection of military gear and weapons, including a helmet, sword, shield, armour, flag, cannon balls
RMTXGY8Y–Artist's reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age. Left background, heating metal in furnace. Right, pouring molten metal into mould. Centre, Mould opened and cast object removed 1889 Engraving
RMTXG96F–Isaac Cruikshank Scotish school The French Bugabo Frightening the Royal Commanders. Bonaparte, on dragon spitting men and weapons. Archduke Charles, Duke of York, and Austrian army on the run. The Pope lies crushed by monster
RMP66TG6–Uncle Sam--Now Let Some of the Other Fellows Invent Something by Charles Nelan, New York Herald, 1898. Colour Sunday supplements were important weapons in the newspaper wars of the late 19th century and many featured somewhat jingoistic moments such as this page by Nelan.
RMR2272F–The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly created Israel Defence Forces and the Irgun, one of the Jewish paramilitary groups that were in the process of merging to form the IDF. The confrontation involved a cargo ship, Altalena, captained by Monroe Fein and led by senior IZL commander Eliyahu Lankin, which had been loaded with weapons and fighters by the independent Irgun but arrived during the murky period of the Irgun's absorption into the IDF
RM2K2JYFB–Weapons of Medieval warfare. Battering-ram used to counteract blows
RMTXGAYD–Moon viewed through the heart. Print shows two samurai warriors fighting among fallen weapons.
RM2K2JXNC–Woodcut depicting a battle scene which includes weapons such as, cannons, bows, arrows, lances, and heavy armour of the old order. Dated 16th Century
RM2A5YM9C–Ink drawing depicting the uniform and armour of a samurai. Dated 1878
RM2K2JW4X–Sectional view of Colt revolver with, at E, the cylinder and revolving mechanism. From Edward H. Knight 'The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics', New York and London c.1878.
RM2K2JW4R–Colt revolver. From Edward H. Knight 'The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics', New York and London c.1878.
RM2K2JWAC–Samuel Colt (1814-1862), American inventor and industrialist, shown here with the Colt revolver, the weapon which, after the Mexican war of 1846-8, was adopted by the US army. From 'The Illustrated London News', 22 November 1856. Wood engraving
RM2K2JXB9–Roman soldiers: Stone slingers and their equipment. Three men all carrying short hand slings, while on ground are sling sticks which gave missiles greater impetus. From Justus Lipsius 'Poliorceticon…' Antwerp 1605. Copperplate engraving
RM2K2JWD6–Colt 'Frontier' revolver. Also known as the Colt 'Peacemaker'. After Mexican War of 1846-48, was adopted by the US Army. Engraving, c. 1890
RM2K2JWCA–Colt revolver. Fig. 2 shows the breech disc, Fig. 3, the cartridge in section. From 'The Mechanics' Magazine', London, 1869
RM2K2JYE3–The taking of Constantinople by the Venetians and crusaders. The capture of the capital happened on July 17th 1203.
RMTXGBTK–The horse show. Battle in front of a palace. Print shows a confusion of men and horses passing in front of steps possibly leading to a palace during a horse show, some of the men standing on the steps are equipped with bow and arrows, and some of the men appear to be servants who are leading the horses to their warrior masters (there is no fighting taking place in this scene) or horse traders who are showing off the horses, available for purchase, to the warriors.
RM2K2JXAW–Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings. From Justus Lipsius 'Poliorceticon' Antwerp 1605. Copperplate engraving
RMTXGBBJ–The warriors Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori. Print shows two warriors on horseback with bow and arrows.
RM2A602BE–15th Century woodcut depicting new weaponry, including a cannon, bow and arrow, lances and heavy armour. Dated 15th Century
RM2K2JXAD–Russian infantry charging during Brusilov's (Broussiloff) campaign against Austria-Hungary, 1916. World War I
RMTXH3F9–Roman soldiers attacking the walls of a fortress with scaling ladders, slings and spears, while the defenders are holding them off with nets, hot liquid, spears and various missiles. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.
RM2A5YMA2–The Spanish Conquistador, Cristóbal de Olid (1487â€ì1524), leading Spanish soldiers and Tlaxcalan allies, to conquer Jalisco and Colima in Mexico in 1522
RM2A5YWFK–Magazine article describing the Fifth World Conference against A & H bombs, Hiroshima, Japan, 1959
RMTXGAXT–Negotiations. Print shows a man wearing padded armour with a quiver full of arrows kneeling before a man sitting on a raised platform with members of his court sitting at the periphery of the mostly enclosed area, soldiers with bows and swords wait outside the enclosure.
RMR2433A–World War two American battleship in action 1943
RMP67NE3–The Redoubtable in port in Brest, 1882. The Redoutable was the first warship to use steel as its primary construction material, although parts of it still consisted of wrought iron. The ship was launched in 1876 and would go on to serve until 1910. She was armed with seven breechloading 27 centimeter cannons, six breechloading guns of 14 centimeters, and some Hotchkiss revolving guns. She spent most of her career in the French mediterranean fleet, but was present in the 1901 negotiations that followed the Boxer Rebellion in China.
RM2A60263–Greek guerrillas of Elas (Greek People's Liberation Army)
RMTXGGKN–16th Century Hungarian soldiers shown in the outfits of the time. From a wooden engraving in 'The Triumph of King Maximillian I'.
RMR2433K–British soldiers at Juno Beach during the World War Two, D-Day landings in France 1944
RM2A6026J–Marines exhibit Japanese flags.
RMTXGAFB–German infantry surrendering to men of New Zealand Bren carrier unit. A wounded prisoner can be seen riding in the back of the carrier, Jan, 1942
RMR23HTA–British soldiers outside Jerusalem, during anti-Jewish riot 1920
RMHTMHBF–J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 – 1967. American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California / Berkeley. He is best known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project / the World War I;I project that developed the first nuclear weapons.
RMHTMHFD–Uncle Sam--Now Let Some of the Other Fellows Invent Something by Charles Nelan, New York Herald, January 9, 1898. Colour Sunday supplements were important weapons in the newspaper wars of the late nineteenth century and many featured somewhat jingoistic c
RM2K2K07N–Balkan Wars: Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, according to the custom of his country, walking on on the weapons and flags of enemies conquered by his army, in this case the Turks. From 'Le Petit Journal, Paris, 10 November 1912.
RM2A602A1–Fighting at the Barricades in Berlin on March 18th 1848 by C. Becker.
RM2A6029G–Fighting in the streets of Paris during the Revolution of February 1848 by Wegner
RMHTMHTG–Mounted Muscovite warriors equipped with bows and arrow, swords and quilted armour. Woodcut 1556
RM2A602AC–The March of the National Guard to Rambouillet. Charles X abdicated in favour of Henry V after he became tired of the Bourbon dynasty, but the French public preferred Louis Philippe who set the National Guard to march against Charles X.
RMHTMHBG–General Leslie Groves (left) / military head of the Manhattan Project / with Prof. Robert Oppenheimer (right)
RMHTMJWN–Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Various models. From 'The Science Record' New York, 1762. Engraving
RMHTMJK0–Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594
RMHTMJWJ–Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-1862): From 'The Great Industries of the United States', Hartford, 1872. Engraving
RMHTJMR8–Moulds for making fire tubes. These were fired from cannon, either at enemy forces or for setting fire to wooden gates. From 'De la pirotechnia' by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540)
RMHTMJA5–Examples of various hand-gun firing mechanisms. Top to bottom: Matchlock, Wheel lock arquebus, Snaphaunce Fowling-piece, Flint Fowling piece, Percussion Fowling-piece or scent bottle lock of c1807. Wood engraving c1880.
RMHTMJ9X–French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Chartres. Huguenots besieged Chartres at the end of February 1568, breaching the north wall with artillery. Assault launched on 7 March unsuccessful . Sappers work to undermine bastion forming part of city defenc
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