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Weaponry, equipment & vehicles

from the period 1839 to 1939.

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Handguns

Mauser C96 (Germany)

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Rifles

.303 Lee Enfield Mark III (UK)

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Submachine guns

ZK383 (Czechoslovakia)

9mm ZK-383. Heavy submachinegun. (Czechoslovakia) VIDEO
7.65mm MAS-38. Submachine gun (France)
9mm Suomi KP-31. Submachine gun (Finland)
7.63 M712 Mauser 'Schnellfeuer'. Fully automatic pistol (Germany) VIDEO1 VIDEO2
9mm Luger Reihenfeuerpistole. Fully automatic pistol (Germany)
9mm Bergman MP18/28/35. Submachine gun (Germany)
9mm MP38/40. Submachine gun (Germany)
9mm M43 Danuvia submachine gun (Hungary)
9mm Villar Perosa. Twin barrel aircraft gun (Italy)
9mm Beretta M1918. Submachine gun (Italy)
9mm Beretta M38A. Submachine gun (Italy)
.45 Reising M50. Submachine gun. (USA)
.45 Thompsen M1928/M1A1. Submachine gun. (USA)
7.62 PPD 34/38/40. Submachine gun (USSR)

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Machine guns

.303 Lewis gun (USA/UK)

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Heavy weapons

3.7 inch Mountan Howitzer

Twin .50 M2 HMG's with a 37mm anti aircraft gun mounted on an M3E1 carriage

20mm Madsen M38/M40 (Denmark)
24mm Tankbusche 41 (Switzerland) VIDEO
2 5mm Hotchkiss anti tank gun (France)
37mm PaK-36 (Germany)
37mm Bofors anti tank gun (Sweden)
40mm QF2 anti tank gun (UK)
40mm QF2 'Pom pom', naval anti aircraft gun (UK)
40mm Bofors gun (Sweden)
45mm Brixia Model 35 Mortar (Italy) VIDEO
50mm Granatwerfer 36 (Germany) VIDEO
QF 3.7 Inch/94mm mountain howitzer (UK) 2
20mm Becker Type M2 (Germany)
88mm FlaK 18, FlaK 36 & FlaK 37 anti aircraft guns (Germany)
128mm FlaK 40 anti aircraft gun (Germany)

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Vehicles

Motorbikes

Nimbus MC w/20mm MG

Nimbus MC w/20mm MG (Denmark)
BMW R32 (Germany)
BMW R35 (Germany)
Victoria KR1, KR2, KR3, KR6, KR7, KR8, KR9 'Fahrmeister', KR50, V99 Fix (Germany)
Simms Motor Scout (UK)
BSA Blue Star (UK)
BSA M20 (UK)
BSA Full list of models (UK)
Indian 101 Scout (USA)
Excelsior Super X (USA)
Harley-Davidson Model 7D (USA)

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Armoured Cars

Rolls Royce (UK)

Rolls Royce armoured car (UK)
Top speed: 96 km/h
Range: 240 km
Crew: 3 or 4
Length: 5 m
Width: 1.9 m
Weight: 3.4 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: 1 x .303 MG
Power plant: 40/50hp Rolls Royce
Armour: 9 mm
Info: Introduced in 1915, phased out of service in 1922, though some continued in India.
Modern video from tank festival (poor audio)

Arsenal Crossley (Estonia)
Landsverk L180, L181 and L182 (Sweden)
Pansarbil m/39 (Sweden)
39M Csaba (Hungary)
Steyr AGDZ/M35 Mittlere Panzerwagen (Austria)
Charron-Girardot-Voigt 1902 (France)
Laffly 80M (France)
Panhard 178 (France) 2
Panhard 165/175 (France) 2
Sd.Kfz.222 (Germany) 2
Sd.Kfz.231 (Germany) 2 3 4
Ehrhardt EV-4 (Germany) VIDEO
Büssing A5P (Germany)
Simms Motor War Car (UK)
Austin/Austin-Putilov (UK/USSR) 2 3

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Trucks

Crossley (UK)

Renault (France)

Crossley & Renault light trucksTop speed: 40 km/h
Range: 200 km
Crew: 1
Length: 6 m
Width: 2 m
Weight: Under five tons
Turret: No
Armaments: No fixed armaments
Power plant: Under 50 hp
Armour: None

Morris C 4 (UK)

Morris C4/C8 15 CWT light truck/gun tractor (UK)
Top speed: 80 km/h
Range: 257 km
Crew: 1+5
Length: 4.5 m
Width: 2 m
Weight: 2.8 t
Turret: No
Armaments: No fixed armaments
Power plant: 4 cylinder, petrol engine 70 hp
Armour: None
Notes: Introduced in 1934

Morris C8 FAT Gun Tractor. (UK)
Morris C8 GS Medium truck. (UK)

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Half Tracks

Citröen-Kégresse (France)

Citröen-Kégresse Half Track (France)
Top speed: circa 40 km/h, on road, depending on variant
Range: circa 150 Km
Crew: 1/3
Length: circa 4½ m, depending on variant
Width: 1.7 m
Weight: 1.8 t depending on variant
Turret: Optional. Some Citröen-Kérgresse half tracks were built as armoured cars.
Armaments: Depending on variant, some Citröen-Kérgresse armoured cars were armed with either a 37mm gun or a Hotchkiss 7.92mm MG
Power plant: 20/42hp, 4/6 cylinder Citröen petrol engine
Armour: Circa 9mm on armoured variants
Info: Was built in several diffierent variants, most notably, used as a gun tractor, armoured car or staff car. Civilian variants were also sold. A Kérgresse half track uses a rubber belt instead of a linked metal belt. This variation was invented by Adolphe Kérgresse for the Russian Czar, subsequently many Kérgresse vehicles saw service in Russia, and Poland. The US later used the Citröen-Kérgresse concept for the White M2 half track.
Original footage from 1933 (poor quality with classical music and French audio)
Original footage from Africa in the 1930's (poor quality with Dutch audio)
Video of restored vehicle (with Spanish audio)
Modern video of Danish vehicle (Good quality, no music)

French half-track page

AMC Shneider P16 (France)
Unic P107 (France)
Orion wagon (Germany)
Sd.Kfz.6 Zgkw. 5t (Germany)
Sd.Kfz. 10 (Germany) 2 3

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Tankettes

Carden-Loyd tankette towing 3.7inch howitzer

Carden Loyd
Top speed: 40 km/h
Range: 144 km
Crew: 2
Length: 2.46 m
Width: 1.75 m
Weight: 1.5 t
Turret: No
Armaments: .303 inch Vickers machine gun
Power plant: Ford Model T petrol 4 cylinder 40 hp
Armour: 6 - 9mm
Info: The Carden Loyd became a classic tankette design worldwide, was license-built by several countries and became the basis of several designs produced in several different countries. It was not so much a light tank as a tracked machine gun carrier.

AMR33 (France)
AMR35 (France)
Renault UE Chenillette (France)
Carro Veloce CV-33 (Italy)
Carro Veloce CV-35 (Italy)
WD Schlepper 25PS (Germany)
TK-3/TKS (Poland) (VIDEO)
Tančík vz. 33 (Czechoslovakia)
AH-IV (Czechoslovakia)
Type 92 'Jyu-Sokosha' (Japan) 2 3
Type 94 'Te-Ke' (Japan)
Type 97 'Te-Ke' (Japan)
Universal Carrier (UK)
T27 (USSR)

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Light tanks

Vickers Mk VI (UK)

Vickers Mk VI light tank (UK) 2
Top speed: 45 km/h
Range: 210 km
Crew: 3
Length: 4 m
Width: 2 m
Weight: 4.8 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: .50 Vickers HMG & .303 Vickers MG
Power plant: Meadows 88hp Six cylinder petrol engine
Armour: 4 - 14mm
Info: Circa 1,000 were built from 1935 onwards (Earlier variants from 1933 saw service in India). Many Mk IV's saw action in North Africa and in the early European campaigns of the Second World War where they were outclassed.
1940's newsreel on You Tube (with original audio)
Original footage from WW2 (Silent)
Desert footage (Silent)

Renault FT 17 (France)

Renault FT 17 light tank (France) 2
Top speed: 8 km/h
Range: 35 km (65 km on road)
Crew: 2
Length: 5 m
Width: 1.6 m
Weight: 6.7 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: 37mm gun or 8mm Hotchkiss MG
Power plant: 35hp Renault four cylinder
Armour: 16mm
Info: The first tank to have a fully revolving turret. Introduced in 1918.
Video Video Video Video

Schneider CA1 (France)
St Chamond (France)
Hotchkiss H35 (France) 2
Hotchkiss H39 (France)
Renault AMR33 (France) 2
Renault AMR 35 (France)
Renault R35 (France) 2
Renault R40 (France) 2
FCM 36 (France) 2
Fiat 3000 (Italian FT17 variant) Video
7TP (Poland)
Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen I (Germany)
LK1 (Germany)
LK2 (Germany)
Panzer I (Germany) 2 3
Panzer II (Germany) 2 3 4
Light tank V4 (Hungary)
38M 'Toldi' (Hungary)
Lt vz.34 (Czechoslovakia)
Lt vz.35/Panzer 35(t) (Czechoslovakia)
Panzer 38(t) (Czechoslovakia) 2
Stridsvagn m/21-29 (Sweden)
Stridsvagn L-5 (Sweden)
Stridsvagn m/37 (Sweden)
Stridsvagn L-60 (Sweden)
Landsverk L-100 (Sweden)
Type 95 'Ha-Go' (Japan) 2
Light Tank Mk II-V (UK)
Vickers 6 ton tank (UK)
Matilda Mk I (UK)
M1 Combat car (USA)
M2 Light tank (USA)
T18 (USSR)
T26 (USSR) 2 3 4
T37 (USSR)
T38 (USSR)
BT7 (USSR) 2 Video

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Medium and cruiser tanks

Rock Island T1 (USA)

Vickers Medium Mk II (UK)

Top speed: 21 km/h
Range: 193 km
Crew: 5
Length: 5.33 m
Width: 2.78 m
Weight: 12 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: 47mm gun. 4 x HMG. 2 x LMG
Power plant: Armstromg Siddley V8, 90hp
Armour: 8 mm
Info: Brought into service in 1925. Phased out in 1939.
Modern video from tank festival (Poor quality)

Char D1 (France)
Char D2 (France)
Somua S35 (France) 2
Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien 'Dominatrix' (Germany)
Grosstraktor I, II & III (Germany) 2
Panzer III (Germany) 2 3 4
Fiat-Ansaldo Carro Armato M11/39 2
40M Turan-1 (Hungary)
Type 97 'Chi-Ha' (Japan) 2
'Little Willie' (UK)
Medium Mark A 'Whippet' (UK)
Medium Mark B (UK)
Medium Mark C 'Hornet' (UK) Video
Medium Mark D (UK) Video
Vickers Medium Mk 1 (UK)
Vickers Medium Mark III (UK)
Cruiser Mk I/A9 (UK) 2
Cruiser Mk II/A10 (UK)
Cruiser Mk III/A13 (UK)
Cruiser Mk IV/A13MkII (UK) 2
Rock Island T1 (USA)
T19 (USSR)
T24 (USSR)
T28 (USSR) 2 Video

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Heavy tanks

Char 2c (France)

Char 2C Heavy Tank (France)
Top speed: 15 km/h
Range: 150 km
Crew: 12
Length: 10.27 m
Width: 3 m
Weight: 69 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: 75mm gun. 4 x HMG.
Power plant: 2 x 250hp
Armour: 45 mm
Info: The largest tank ever put into service. Only ten were built, and they never saw action.
Video, mostly stills

International 'Liberty' Mark VIII (UK/USA)

Converted International Mark VIII ‘Liberty’ heavy tank (UK/US)
Top speed: 10 km/h
Range: 68 km
Crew: 10
Length: 10.36 m
Width: 3.65 m
Weight: 43.5 t
Turret: Yes
Armaments: 3 x 60mm guns. 2 x HMG. 1 LMG
Power plant: V12, 338hp
Armour: 70 – 190 mm
Info: 100 were built in the USA, and 12 in Britain. Korsakov's tanks are made at a secret factory in Siberia and based on stolen blue prints
Original footage and modern musem video (silent)

Char 1 bis (France) 2
Fiat 2000 (Italy) 2
A7V 'Monster' (Germany) Video
A7V-U (Germany)
K Panzerkampfwagen (Germany)
PzKpfw 'Neubaufahrzeug' V & VI (German)
Mark I (UK)
'The Flying Elephant' (UK)
Vickers A1E1 Independent (UK) Video
TOG1 (UK)
Holt gas electric tank (USA)
'The Steam tank' (USA)
Tsar Tank (USSR)
SMK (USSR)
T100 (USSR)
T35 (USSR) Video Video

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Aircraft

Fighters

Heinkel HE51D (Germany)

Heinkel HE 51D Seaplane fighter (Germany)

Top speed: 330 km/h
Range: 570 km
Crew: 1
Length: 8.4 m
Wingspan: 11 m
Weight (max loaded): 1,900 kg
Turret: No
Armaments: 2 x MG. 60kg bomb load.
Power plant: BMW V12 750hp
Armour: None
Info: Developed in 1931 for the Luftwaffe, 700 were eventually built. Many saw action in the Spanish civil war.
Original footage of HE 51's (Silent)
Original footage of HE 51's flying low (Silent)

Bristol F.2B (UK)

Bristol F.2B 'Brisfit' (UK)
Top speed: 198 km/h
Range: 593 km
Crew: 2
Length: 7.87 m
Wingspan: 11.96 m
Weight (max loaded): 1,474 kg
Turret: 1 rear gunner
Armaments: 2 or3 x MG. 110kg bomb load.
Power plant: Rolls Royce V12 275hp
Armour: None
Info: 5, 329 were built. Used extensively in the mid war period.
Modern footage of F.2 in flight (with soft music)
F.2 in museum (with soft music)

Dewoitine D.27 (France)
MB-150 Bloch (France)
Dewoitine D.500 (France)
Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 (France)
Potez 630 (France)
Heinkel HE100 (Germany)
Messerschmitt BF 109 (Germany)
Heinkell HE 112 (Germany)
Macchi C.200 'Saetta' (Italy)
PZL P.11 (Poland)
Svenska Aero J6 ’Jagtfalken’ (Sweden)
Type 121 Vickers Wibault (UK)
Bristol F2 (UK)
Bristol MK 1/2 Bulldog (UK)
Mk II Gloster Gamecock (UK)

Hawker Hurricane (UK)
Supermarine Spitfire (UK)
PW-9 Boeing M15 (USA)
O-1 Curtis Falcon (USA)
P-1 Curtis ’Hawk’ (USA)
P-12 Boeing (USA)
P-26 Boeing 'Pea shooter' (USA) (Video)
P-30 / PB2 Consolidated (USA)
P-36 Curtis ’Mohawk’ (USA)
P-40 Curtis ’Warhawk’ (USA)

Tupolev I-4 (USSR)
Polikarpov I-16 (USSR)
Rogozarski IK-3 (Yugoslavia)

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Bombers

Witteman-Lewis, "Barling Bomber" (USA)

Ilyushin DB-3 (USR)

Ilyushin DB-3 long range bomber (USSR)
Top speed: 439 km/h
Range: 3,800 km
Crew: 3
Length: 14.2 m
Wingspan: 21.4 m
Weight (max loaded): 9,450 kg
Turret: 1 rear gunner
Armaments: 3x MG. 2,500kg bomb load.
Power plant: 2× Nazarov 950hp engines
Armour: None
Info: 1,528 were eventually built. Most saw action in the Second World War.

Amiot 120 (France)
143M Amiot, (France)
Breguet 19, (France)
F222 Farman, (France)
Caproni Ca101. (Italy)
Heinkel HE 50, (Germany)
Heinkel HE 111, (Germany)
Heinkel HE 119, (Germany)
Heinkel HE 177 & 277 'Greif', (Germany)
PZL 37 ’Moose’, (Poland)
Boulton Paul P.29 Sidestrand, (UK)
Handley Page Hinaidi, (UK)
XB-1 Huff-Daland, (USA)
B2 Curtis ’Condor’, (USA)
B-6 Keystone, (USA)
Brewster SBA, (USA)
A-17 Northrop ’Gamma’, (USA)
B-10 Martin, (USA)
T3M Martin, (USA)
XNBL-1 ’Barling Bomber’, (USA)
Y1B-7 Douglas, (USA)
XB-15 Boeing M294, (USA)
B-18 Douglas ’Bolo’, (USA)
Y1B-20 Boeing, (USA)
Consolidated PB2Y 'Coronado' (USA)
Polikarpov R-5, reconnaissance and/or light bomber (USSR) VIDEO

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Other aircraft types

USS Shenandoah (USA)

C.630 Caudron Simoun Postal aircraft (France)
Caudron C.59 multi-role aircraft (France)
Arado AR 196, recon seaplane (Germany)
Heinkel HE 42, seaplane trainer (Germany)
Heinkel HE 46, recon plane (Germany)
Heinkel HE 60, recon seaplane (Germany)
Heinkel HE 70 'Blitz', mail plane (Germany)
Heinkel HE 116, transport aircraft (Germany)
Heinkel HE 115, general purpose seaplane (Germany)
Heinkel HE 176 & 178, experimental rocket plane (Germany)
Junkers W 34, passenger and/or transport plane (Germany)
Junkers JU 52, passenger and/or transport plane (Germany)
LZ 129 Hindenburg, rigid dirigible airliner(Germany)
PZL 44 ’Strong wind’, airliner (Poland)
de Havilland DH61 ‘Giant Moth’, airliner (UK)
de Havilland Hercules, airliner (UK)
Handley Page HP42/45, airliner (UK)
S.8 Short Calcutta, flying boat (UK)
S 8.8 Short Rangoon, flying boat (UK)
S.19 Short Singapore, flying boat (UK)
C Class Short Empire, flying boat (UK)
S.26 Short G Class, flying boat (UK)
Canadian Vickers Vedette, Flying boat (Canada)
GA-1 Boeing M10, armoured tri-plane (USA)
L-10 Lockheed    'Electra', Cargo/airliner (USA)
L-14 Lockheed ’Super Electra’, cargo/airliner    1937    -    USA
Boeing 247, airliner (USA)
DC-2 Douglas, airliner (USA)
DC-3 Douglas ’Dakota’ cargo/airliner    (USA)
USS Shenandoah, experimental rigid dirigible (USA)
USS Akron Rigid dirigible, airborne aircraft carrier (USA)

Tupolev TB1 ’Zveno’     Airborne aircraft carrier     1931    5 MG’s, 2 fighters    USSR
Tupolev TB3 ’Zveno’     Airborne aircraft carrier    1935    5 MG’s, 2-5 fighters    USSR
Tupolev SPB ’Zveno 6’    Airborne aircraft carrier    1938    5 MG’s, 3 fighters    USSR

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