Armoury

Weaponry, equipment & vehicles
from the period 1839 to 1939.

Click on the links for further information from exterior sources

Handguns
Mauser C96 (Germany)

.45 Ballester Molina semi-automatic pistol (Argentina)
8mm Roth Steyr M07 semi-automatic pistol (Austria)
7.65mm Mannlicher M1894 semi-automatic pistol (Austria) VIDEO
7.63mm Mannlicher M1901 semi-automatic pistol (Austria)
9mm Steyr M1912 Austro-Hungaria
12mm Galand revolver (Belgium)
7.62mm Nagant M1895 revolver (Belgium/Russia)
7.65mm FN M1900 Browning Nr 1 semi-automatic pistol (Belgium)
9mm/7.62mm FN Model 1903 semi-automatic pistol (Belgium)
9mm Lahti L-35 semi-automatic pistol (Finland)
8mm M1892 ’Lebel’ revolver (France)
7.65mm MAB model D semi-automatic pistol (France)
7.65mm M1935 semi-automatic pistol (France)
9mm P08 Luger semi-automatic pistol (Germany)
9mm Walther P38 semi-automatic pistol (Germany)
9mm Mauser C 06/08 (Germany) VIDEO
7.63mm Mauser C96 ’Broom handle’ semi-automatic pistol (Germany) VIDEO1 VIDEO2
7.63mm Bergmann Nr 3 (and 5) semi-automatic pistol (Germany) VIDEO
9mm Bergman Mayard/Bergman 'Mars' semi-automatic pistol (Germany/Belgium)
.32 Frommer Stop semi-automatic pistol (Hungary)
9mm Beretta M1934 semi-automatic pistol (Italy)
8mm Nambu semi-automatic pistol (Japan)
11mm Eibar revolver (Spain)
9mm Astra modelo 400 semi-automatic pistol (Spain)
.442 Webley 'British Bulldog' revolver (UK)
.32 Webley revolver (UK)
.38 Webley-Mars semi-automatic pistol (UK)
.38 Webley-Scott M1904 semi-automatic pistol (UK)
.455 Webley Mark IV revolver (UK)
.38 Webley Mark IV revolver (UK)
9mm Welrod Mk1 silenced pistol (UK)
.44 & .12 guage LeMat twin barrelled revolver (USA)
.45 Colt Army 1873 revolver (USA)
.44 Remington M1858 revolver (USA)
.32 Colt Model 1903 'Hammerless' semi-automatic pistol (USA) 
.38 Colt Model 1900 semi-automatic pistol (USA)
.38 Colt Model 1903 'Pocket Hammer' semi-automatic pistol (USA)
.45 M1911 Colt semi-automatic pistol (USA)
7.62mm 'Tula' Tokarev TT semi-automatic pistol (USSR)

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Rifles

.303 Lee Enfield Mark III (UK)


11mm FN Mauser M1889 Bolt action rifle (Belgium)
8mm Type 24 'Chiang Kai-Shek'. Bolt action rifle (China)
11mm Fusil Gras M1874. Bolt action rifle (France)
8mm M1886 'Lebel'. Bolt action rifle (France)
7.92mm Mauser G98. Bolt action rifle (Germany)
13.2mm Mauser ATR. Bolt action anti armour rifle (Germany) VIDEO
6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano M1891. Bolt action Carbine (Italy)
6.5mm Cei-Rigotti. Automatic rifle (Italy)
11mm Type 38 'Meiji'. Bolt action Carbine. (Japan)
7.7mm Type 99. Bolt action rifle (Japan)
10.15mm Jarmann M1884. Bolt action rifle (Norway)
.30 Krag-Jørgensen. Bolt action rifle (Norway)
.75 Pattern 1839 'Brown Bess'. Muzzle loaded percussion gun (UK)
.704 Brunswick. Muzzle loaded percussion gun (UK)
.12-gauge Double barrelled shotgun (Universal)
.577 Martini Henry. Bolt action rifle (UK)
.276 Pattern 1913. Bolt action rifle (UK)
.303 Lee Metford. Bolt action rifle (UK)
.303 Lee Enfield MkIII/V. Bolt action rifle (UK)
.303 Farquhar-Hill. Automatic rifle (UK)
.303 Nr 4. Snipers rifle. Bolt action rifle (UK)
.55 Boys. Bolt action anti armour rifle (UK) VIDEO 
12-gauge Winchester M1897. Pump action shotgun (USA)
12-gauge Ithaca 37. Pump action shotgun (USA)
20-gauge Browning Auto-5. Automatic shotgun (USA)
10.75mm Berdan. Bolt action rifle (USA)
.30 Springfield. Bolt action rifle (USA)
.30 BAR. Automatic rifle (USA)
7.62mm Mosin Nagant. Bolt action rifle (USSR)
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Machine guns
.303 Lewis gun (USA/UK)


8mm Schwarzlose MG model 07/12. Machine gun (Austria Hungary)
8mm Madsen. Light machine gun (Denmark) VIDEO1 VIDEO2  
7.5mm Chatelleraut M24/29. Light machine gun (France)
8mm Hotchkiss M1914. Machine gun (France)
7.92mm Maxim MG08. Machine gun (Germany)
7.92mm MG30/Solothurn 31M Light machine gun (Germany/Hungary)
7.92mm Mauser MG34. Light machine gun (Germany) VIDEO
6.5mm Breda M30. Light machine gun (Italy)
8mm Breda M37. Machine gun (Italy)
6.5mm Type 11 ’Nambu’. Light machine gun (Japan)
7.7mm Type 92 ’Woodpecker’. Machine gun (Japan)
.577/450 Bira gun. Twin barrelled machine gun (Nepal)
.303 Lewis.  Light machine gun, (UK)
.303 BREN. Light machine gun (UK)
.303 Hotchkiss Mk 1 ‘Cavalry’/'Benet-Mercie'. Light machine gun (UK)
.303 Vickers/Vickers Maxim. Machine gun (UK)
.303 Nordenfelt gun. Multi barrelled machine gun (UK/Sweden)
.45 Gardner Model 1875. Twin barrelled machine gun (USA)
.30 Browning M1919A4. Machine gun (USA)
.50 Browning M2. Heavy Machine gun (USA)
7.62mm DP. Light machine gun (USSR)
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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
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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 trucks
Top 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)


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)
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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