Military Weaponry and Operations

Displays various military weapons, equipment, and personnel in operational settings, featuring rifles, ammunition, and training in urban terrain.

black caiman group tied up melanosuchus niger & awaiting translocation by air. bolivia, south america.

030404-M-4779G-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041118-M-2353F-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030718-A-1924B-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030413-M-3138H-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An American soldier inspects an Iraqi M-160 160mm mortar abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew from Kuwait City during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

An Iraqi 7.62mm SGM medium machine gun is among the weapons seized by US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel during a raid on an El Fedayeen Headquarters location in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030322-M-3138H-703. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-153. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

black caiman group tied up melanosuchus niger & awaiting translocation by air. bolivia, south america.

030718-A-1924B-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-050. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020723-A-5790R-032. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DA-SC-89-11609. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

Shot of SA-7B Surface to air missiles with C-4 Explosives awaiting destruction by members of the 61st Ordnance Company (EOD) (not shown), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. A country-wide weapons destruction took place during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

July 24, 2002 - A group of mortar rounds was found by a soldier. These were just some of the rounds found during the weapons cache. The weapons cache was part of a search and attack mission in the area of Narizah, Afghanistan.

Gun crewmen bending over in front of a rack of powder canisters. Rack is under a low, canvas covered frame. Camouflage netting in background. Country: Unknown

051227-A-7359K-148. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Ancient artillery Cannons In The Moscow Kremlin, Russia

041228-M-0036Y-080. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-113. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040821-M-5555Z-001. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051007-A-0527A-019. Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

An improvised rocket launcher used by anti-coalition forces, captured by U.S. Marine Corps Marines outside Forward Operating Base Blue Diamond, located in the Al Ramadi Province of Iraqi, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

041228-M-0036Y-048. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-152. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040911-M-1947M-004. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050915-A-5679R-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030409-M-9106S-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040608-M-0706S-053. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

040921-M-2306K-003. Complete Scene Caption: Six RPG-7 portable rocket launchers, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released) Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds sit in the back of a vehicle after being retrieved from an abandoned building by the Marine of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24). The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Explosive devices are identified and inventoried before being destroyed

U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Thai Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians place ordnance for large scale detonation at Ta Mor Roi Training area during Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 27, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train Thailand Mine Action Center students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

March 24, 2005 - Racks of bombs sit inside the cool, dry interior of a warehouse in East Miramar. Theses bombs as well as tons more of ordnance used by Miramar-based units, either in the United States for training or across the globe in combat operations, are maintained under the watchful eyes of two-dozen ordnance Marines.

050607-A-1566H-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030412-M-9106S-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

A U.S. Army Ranger with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, aims his rifle out of a window during Military Operations in Urban Terrain training, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 10, 2022. The MOUT training was conducted in order to enhance the Rangers ability to operate in a tropical environment, increasing readiness and unit operability.

030412-M-9106S-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

041228-M-0036Y-060. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soviet-made ammunition and an empty ammo (ammunition) box containing a picture of Fidel Castro, that were seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

041109-M-4329J-018. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A820758 U12G RS-16 MINEBACK SMITH, CARL W MAY 25 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/25/1982 16; COMPLEX; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MINEBACK; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RS-16 MINEBACK; SMITH, CARL W; TEST SITES; TESTING; TUNNELS; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G - RS-16 MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Tanks on the road just before Borodianka

040610-M-5555L-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Captured AKM assault rifles are tagged and displayed during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

030321-M-6270B-078. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

March 16, 2007 - U.S. Marines make an inventory of weapons found on a cache site at Camp Fallujah, Iraq.

041207-M-0036Y-010. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An M16A1 rifle is laid across crates containing Cuban weapons captured during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

DN-SC-90-01893. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030417-M-3692C-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030404-M-4779G-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-069. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to F/Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), set up projectile rounds for their M198 155 mm towed howitzer under a tarp to protect them from the sun at a gun position in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Captured bombs at War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.

DN-ST-88-05585. Country: Unknown

041118-M-2353F-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Rome, italy 4 may 2025: wooden crate containing linked .50 caliber cartridges secured on a vintage military vehicle, showcasing historical military equipment

A weapons cache of various munitions, found near A'Namaneah, Iraq, by US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: A'Namaneah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060318-N-8623S-004. Base: USS Cape Saint George (CG 71) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

020518-F-4692S-009. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Utapao Royal Thai Afb Country: Thailand (THA)

Several depleted uranium rounds were contaminated on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT. The Utah Air National Guard EOD Squadron was tasked to execute an Emergency detonation of several depleted uranium rounds that had been compromised.

Boxes of Soviet ammunition seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

030622-A-2029M-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Old mask for bacteriological warfare used during the cold war era.

Unserviceable captured enemy weapons delivered by Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) to the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, lay in a pile waiting to be destroyed, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army.

A close up view of weapons and explosives confiscated by US Army Soldiers from C Company, Task Force 1-26, Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during house to house searches in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Shown here is are AK-47 rifles, hand grenades, detonation cord, ammunition, magazines, a bag containing 20 pounds of C-4 explosives and, various and anti-personnel mines. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

040903-M-2306K-066. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two Iraqi 82mm mortar rounds lay in an El Fedayeen Headquarters location in Iraq among other weapons and explosives, found during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Holmes, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3rd BN 7th MAR), stands his post, with a Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, while two Iraqi men sit behind Concertina Razor wire. The two were arrested for waving around assault rifles in public in Karbala City, Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970411-F-4116M-105. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Soviet 7.62 mm PKT light machine gun seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

060303-M-0374B-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580

Gestapo Memorial Memorial States to a Gestapo prison in the Marstall in Weimar Thuringia

An A-10 recovery team member holds one of the thousands of pieces that the accident investigation board must look through to help it determine why the aircraft crashed. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040606-M-0049F-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-3138H-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Various weapons, ammunition, and grenades, seized during Operation Crackdown in the town of Khar Bolaq, Afghanistan, by U.S. Army Soldiers, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Utah Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron was tasked to execute an Emergency detonation of several depleted uranium rounds that had been compromised on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT.

Fontanelle underground cemetery, UNESCO; World Heritage Site, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

A view of ordnance abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait(KWT)

An inert 155mm howitzer round being used to simulate a chemical artillery round lies on the ground during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Tourist Landmark of the Resistance, also known as Museum for Resistance Tourism, a war museum operated by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

050623-A-6108G-125. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-096. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A B-1 bomber parked on the flight line, with an artist's concept of its bomb capacity placed in front of it. Country: Unknown

A severely damaged pieces, thrown some distance, from a 3/5 Calvalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) (basic amor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The MATADOR light anti-tank weapon (NLAW).

041228-M-0036Y-041. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040708-M-3717S-015. Base: Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 2, 25

U.S. Army Sgt. Travis Livesey assigned to 731st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and an Iraqi Policemen, EOD, carefully arranges unexploded ordnance for disposal on Crazy Horse Range, Ramadi, Iraq, Feb. 17. The 731st EOD along with Iraqi Policemen, EOD, worked together to dispose of over 300 lbs. worth of unexploded ordnance in support of Operation New Dawn.

Detail of a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device, Showing Four 155mm High Explosive Artillery Rounds Hidden in the Trunk of a Small Car

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepare to move out from the abandoned Iraqi training camp near Dahuk which they took over. The Marines are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refuges who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Several 7.62mm Simonov Self-loading Rifle (SKS), waiting to be made inoperable, lie on the ground in front of a wheeled vehicle. US Army soldiers, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, will make these rifles inoperable at the Team's Headquarters located at Camp Lisa, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Country: Unknown

040911-M-1947M-005. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-094. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040903-M-1947M-032. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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