Historical Artillery Operations

Black and white images of various artillery pieces and soldiers from historical military conflicts, showcasing vintage cannons and soldiers' engagements in snowy and battleground settings.

6 inch firing. August 12, 1940.

Flakbattery 5/53.

12 cm M. 80 cannon on the Kreuzbergstrasse.

Italian cannons defending Ain Zara, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Aldo Molinari, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 2, January 14, 1912.

12 cm M.80 Minimum sharting cannon rohf from the predil saddle battery, adapted for use in high battery rings. Location: Cellulosefabrik Seebach. Arrow. 13.September 1915..

Field hood with bukovica. .

Exercises with armor Development gun (p.) Böhler 4.7 cm. 1939-1940.

Mechanical ploughing with Romeo machines, Lombardy, Italy, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 39, September 29, 1918.

6 inch firing. August 12, 1940.

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. Moving Heavy HoWitzer Into a New Position During Advance. 1914-1918}. France

One of the big guns adapted by Italian artillerists for use in mountain warfare in action against the Austrians. In size and shape this enormous weapon is similar to the French 155 mm cannon. World War One, 1915.

The technical equipment of the Armed Forces proved superior to the French army . Right: One of the above * heavy German mortar that were brought to the bombardment of French fortifications

Guest position in Ternovanerwalde. 6.9.17. .

Members of the Royal Artillery in training on a range.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Russian gun captured by the Germans and recaptured by the British on the Somme.

The Gettysburg gun, and veterans of Battery B,. Title from item, Portion of the printed title, "and veterans of Battery B" has been crossed out, Copyright claimant: G. L. Hurd, Providence, R.I, Library of Congress copyright no. 14263, Sept. 9, 1882. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Recorded guns at Brazzano.2.11.17. .

08/31/1915. The Bulgarian mobilization. Line infantry maneuvers.

Men at Field Geschut during the siege of Mafeking, Anonymous, 1899 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard firearms: cannon Mafeking

World war one British artillery gun is hauled through mud into a firing position 1915

10 cm M. 99 Feldhaubitze, Austro-Hungarian Army, 1910, Ústí nad Labem Region, Theresienstadt, Zurückführen der neuen Feldhaubitze, Czech Republic

09/30/1915. On the Italian-Austrian front. 149 millimeter cannon, long range, placed against an Austrian fort.

Field gun (Raggi battery) in action at Gargaresch, Battle of Zanzur (Janzur), June 8, 1912, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Mario Corsi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 25, June 23, 1912.

American Coastal Defences - Military. December 28, 1940. (Photo by ACME News Pictures, Inc.).

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Captured German guns exhibited in the Mall, London.

150cm spotlight.

War Minister Sees Big Gun -- Captain Margesson, the War Minister, inspects a new 3.7. Anti-Aircraft gun, as it leave the works. He had visiting a Southern Command R.A.S.C. Camp. March 31, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

Dante Monument, Trento with conquered Italian weapons. Recorded on May 28, 1916..

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. board Dutch cruiser southwest Pacific Ocean. Double aircraft gun crew. {1940-1945}

American 14 inch railway gun, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France, 1918. Artist: Unknown

04/30/1918. Western Front -during the German offensive. Location of a long-range cannon of the English artillery.

'Austrian Artillery in the Field' , (1919). Creator: Unknown.

12/31/1903. Looking into a Canyon, from which Large Bombs were Dropped into Port Arthur. In the Russia-Japan War.

German army soldiers at an anti aircraft coastal artillery position

15cm protected, Das Punta Corbin and 1916..

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Doorman in Soerabaja 3E series. Head lies during a barrage. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Richmond, Virginia. Captured siege gun at Rocketts. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Austrian 12-inch siege howitzer and mount weighing over 28 tons manufactured by Skoda fired 1000 plus pounds shell

New Foundland Troops Somewhere In England -- Driving home the charge. September 17, 1940. (Photo by The Times).

Gun , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Verification of the inclination of a 149G cannon of the Italian army, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 13, March 26, 1916.

Juarez - Insurectos firing on city

Rebel gun in front of "Fort Hell," April 1865. Title from item, Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 49, Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013. Artillery (Weaponry), Confederate, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, Virginia, 1860-1870, Batteries (Weaponry), Virginia, 1860-1870, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities.

240 MM gun , Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Gun in fire position.

Operation Barbarossa: Most likely photo of Russian equipment that fell into German hands in early days of the war ca. 1941.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese howitzer battery before Port Arthur, September 1904

Artillery position on the Calabria coast, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXX, No 35, August 29, 1943.

Mine launcher at the Royal Hungarian Landstorm Battalion No. VI / 20.

Bastion 81 / Artillery Reserve / Round Path taken. Bastion 81, seen from an artillery reserve taken from the Round Road. The municipality of Paris. Bastion 81, seen from an artillery reserve taken from the Round Road. Photograph of Hippolyte Blancard (1843-1924). Platinum circulation (front). 1870-1871.

150cm spotlight.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Russian six inch howitzer battery during the defence of Port Arthur.

Photos from the facility of a telegraflinje in Russia in 1900.

09/30/1916. The English in Campaign. Artillery soldiers loading a Hawitzer cannon during combat on the Western Front.

This Gun Helped Smash Axis In Egypt - This British 25-Pounder gun was one of many used on Axis anti-tank positions in the British offensive in Egypt. November 13, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Turkish artillery positions.

Anefo photo collection. Landmines clear at Hoek van Holland. Series of land mines clear at Hoek van Holland. August 1945. Hoek van Holland

Lt. Sintzenich is shown in this photograph taken by SC Bubiect on November 22, 1918. The image depicts a gun with the following specifications: a caliber of 4 1-8 inches, length measuring 12 feet 1 1-4 inches, number 564, manufactured by Pried Krupp A.G. Essen in 1917. The carriage is marked 1917 with the number 685 and is located in London, England. This information is recorded in notes as 39727.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities following the birth of Princess Marijke. Saluute shots by cannon artillery. 19 February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

12/31/1910. The revolution in China. One of the airplanes of the revolutionary army flies over the artillery in campaign practices.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Fuselage and tail of an Austrian PHOENIX two-seater brought down by Captain John Cottle, M. C. No. 45 Squadron.

4.7' How. carr. , Howitzers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

This photo taken in early World War I has the caption: French artillery in action, the gunners trying to protect their ear-drums from the shock. During Von Kluck's great drive on Paris, the french artillery did wonderful servie in holding their ground to the last possibe moment then retreating and taking up another defensive position.

Yorktown, Virginia. Battery No. 4 mounting 13-inch mortars. South end. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917

Field styleillery. Single fire

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Royal Artillery crew getting ready to fire their gun at the enemy positions while troops of one of the mounted infantry regiment looking on.

Indochina: c. 1910. French cannoniers instructing the Indochinese in the use of modern armaments.

22cm minor train 72 in fire position. .

A Japanese soldier taking a bath in a wheeled water tank, at the siege of Tsing-Tau, 1915

Republican artillery unit during the Spanish Civil War

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B852, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Austrian machine gunner firing at a Russian airplane, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 47, November 22, 1914.

Flyer repellent in Gradiscutta.22.8.1917. .

Machine Gun Battalion in Training - In the South-east command, machine gunners are being trained to use their formidable ***** with deadly efficiency. Angle Shots ***** of Vickers machine guns. September 20, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

On the after-deck of the destroyed 'Vizcaya' - looking forward - off Santiago de Cuba , Warships, War damage, Spanish-American War, 1898

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,MISCELLANEOUS War

American Loud Speaker On Italian Front -- A 24 - Howitzer of a Battery just before firing into German positions of the Mignano area on the Italian Front. April 16, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Official Photograph).

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1861-1862 (1872). Artist: Anon

Spots Raiders 6 Miles Up -- Starting from scratch, with neither drawings nor designs, the Department of Natural Philosophy at the Melbourne University in six months has succeeded in producing a height and range finder capable of fixing the position of an enemy aeroplane six miles up. Revealing this to-day, the Minister for Munitions (Senator McBride). said that Dr L. H. Martin in association with two research graduates, Messrs. D. J Medlev and J W. Blarney, and chief mechanic. H. A. Waters undertook this problem at the request of the Optical Munitions Panel. September 22, 1941.

12 inch railway howitzer Dickebusche 1917

Recorded Ital.30.5cm.Gowed at Canale 19.5.18. Partly these are recordings that can not be assigned directly to the IsonzoFront, but for admission from the conquered Venetian areas

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. To the fighting between Soissons and Reims. The abandonment of this French railroad long tube greed on the Aisne, is to thank the shot of a serious German mortar, which shattered the locomotive, which should bring the gun even hurriedly safe. The French service has written under the tube with chalk: "Contre la Grosse Bertha". 1914-1918}. Aisne, Frankrijk

Recorded guns at Mincigos. .

The Gun Speaks Up -- Perhaps roaring out an Ominous warning, one of the big guns on the Hawaiian island of Oahu is fired during practice maneuvers. September 13, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Guerra civil española (1936-1939). Frente de Guadalajara. Batería republicana.

Cannon from Dana Center Common in memorial group, Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Mass., Sept. 08, 1939 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Recorded guns at Gradiska 2.11.17. .

Mexico: November 20, 1913. The commanders of the highly regarded Mexican rebel machine-gun regiment. Left-Right: Captain Antonio Guirrero, Colonel Alvaro Obregon, Captain Jose Rocha.

Feldicher in position A.D. Isonzofront.6.9.17. .

2/4 field cabinets Batt.B. Lab.

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