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- Walther pistol
- The Situation of the Cavalry man on the near side
- The Head guarded against any cut
- The Cut of the Cavalry
- The Cut and Thrust in Quarte
- The Cavalry man making point to the right
- the block released
- The Bayonet Exercise
- Technique of Roman soldier
- Stick grenade antipersonnel mine
- Stick bomb for use with 3.7 cm Pak
- Sketch showing method of inserting loaded belt in feedway of M.G. 34
- Sketch of Stick hand grenade
- Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)
- Sighting mechanism of 7.5-cm infantry howitzer, showing range-scale drum
- Shooting rabbits with the crossbow
Joannes Stradanus, born at Bruges 1536, died at Florence 1605, a Flemish historical painter who delighted in portraying all kinds of sport, such as shooting, hunting, fishing and coursing, which he did with wonderful skill and in most realistic fashion. This picture is reduced from ' Venationes Ferarum,' a work consisting of 105 large plates of sporting scenes, dated 1578. The hunters carry stonebows, and the rabbits are being driven from their burrows by smoke and fire. Purse nets and stop nets may also be seen in use. - rotating crank-catch turned 90°
- Right view of 8-cm mortar, model 34
- Right side of 5-cm mortar
- Removal of barrel of M.G. 34
- Quarte
- Positions for the use of the sword
- On guard
- Norman Crossbowmen
- Near Side protect and Giving Point
- Mounted Crossbowman
A troop of mounted crossbowmen, of special skill and courage, usually formed the bodyguard of the king, and attended him in battle. Mounted crossbowmen were largely employed on the Continent in the fourteenth, and first half of the fifteenth century, and these men were usually allowed one and sometimes even two horses apiece, besides being supplied, when on the march, with carts to carry their crossbows and quarrels - Mounted Crossbowman, with Cranequin crossbow, and a quarrel in his hat
Doubtless on the coasts of Scandinavia and North Germany, the chief home of these composite crossbows after the time of the Crusades, whalebone was easily obtainable, whilst in other parts of the Continent, the pieces which formed the heart of the bow, were made from the straightened horn of an animal. This ancient form of crossbow with a composite bow, survived in an improved form in Scandinavia and in the north of Europe, as a weapon of sport and war, till about 1460, or for nearly a hundred years after the far superior crossbow with a thick steel bow and a windlass had been in use in France, Spain and Italy. Some of these later weapons were made so strong in the fifteenth century, that after the invention of the powerful cranequin for bending steel bows, this apparatus was also employed for bending the composite bow - Model of Roman Catapult
Weight 1 1/2 tons , Range with a 6 lb stone ball, 300 yards 1 Twisting up the skein of cord by means of the winches 2 Winding down the arm 3 Releasing the arm when fully wound down - MG 34 on tripod mount
- Method of removing receiver of M.P. 40 from barrel and from magazine hosing
- Method of carrying and packing stick-type grenades
- Map of Tank Operations, August–November, 1918
- M249 Machine Gun exploded view
A - Barrel Assembly B - Rear Sight Assembly C - Cover and Feed mechanism Assembly D - Feed Pawl Assembly E - Cocking Hand Assembly F - Butt stock and Shoulder Assembly G - Piston Assembly H - Bolt Assembly I - Slide Assembly J - Operating Rod Assembly K - Receiver Assembly L - Trigger Mechanism Assembly M - Hand Guard Assembly N - Bipod Machine Gun O - Gas Cylinder Assembly - M249 Machine Gun
- M249 5.56 mm Machine Gun
- M.G. 42, showing method of operating barrel extension
- M.G. 42
- Left view of 8-cm mortar, model 34
- Left side of 5-cm mortar
- Hunters with crossbows
- Hunters with crossbows
- German method of firing M;G. 34 from bipod mount
- General Arrangements of Mark V. Tank—Front View
- General Arrangement of Mark V. Tank—Sectional Plan
- General Arrangement of Mark V. Tank—Sectional Elevation
- Front View of the Guards
- Frankford arsenal time percussion or combination fuse - Model 1900
- Frankford arsenal centrifugal fuses
- Frankford arsenal 21-second combination fuse
- Field Artillery
- Different forms of crossbow bolts
I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, military bolts ; 6, bolt with tow soaked in oil for firing ships and houses ; 7, bolt for a slur bow ; 8, bolt for killing deer ; 9, 10, bolts for killing large birds ; 11, 12, bolts for killing game birds. The latter had not metal heads, and were blunt, so as not to damage the game. - Diagram Showing Adaptation to the 'Large-Wheeled Tractor' Idea
The genesis of the “large-wheeled tractor” was as follows: Trenches with a parados and parapet about 4 ft. high were being constructed by the enemy in Flanders. The engineers consulted by the Land Ship Committee gave it as their considered opinion that if these obstacles were to be crossed, a wheel of not less than 15 ft. diameter would be necessary. Machines with these gigantic wheels were actually ordered, but the wooden model that was knocked together as a preliminary at once convinced even its best friends that the design was fantastic, and that any machine of the kind would be little better than useless on account of its conspicuousness and vulnerability. However, the “big wheel” idea did not utterly die, for in the upturned snout of the Mark I. Tank we have, as it were, its “toe” preserved, the track turning sharply back at about axle level, instead of mounting uselessly skyward, as would have been the case had not the old wheel idea been supplanted by that of the sliding track. - Crossbowmen practising at the target
Their dogs are retrieving the arrows, and were trained to do this without injuring the feathers of the missiles. From a translation into Italian of 'A History of the Peoples of the North,' by Olaus Magnus, Archbishop of Upsala. Printed at Venice, 1565. - Crossbowmen killing Deer and Wild Boars
From MS. Gaston Phosbus. Fourteenth century - Crossbowmen
The centre figure may be seen bending his crossbow with a windlass, with his foot in the stirrup of the weapon. From Manuscript, Froissart's ' Chronicles. - Crossbowman, about 1430
- Crossbowman approaching game
Crossbowman approaching game by means of a stalkig horse - Cross-section of shaving-stick grenade
- Cross section of magazine, trigger, and bolt mechanism of Mauser Kar. 98K rifle
- Cross Section of Luger pistol