Photos Photoset from a weapons museum

[NebrHogger]

These are weapons found in a Saint Petersburg, Russia museum. Images mostly relate to artillery, but weapons of other types and from various ages are shown. I know little of artillery so ID help will be appreciated.

WW2 tracked artillery

Old school artillery

WW1 type

Close combat weapons

Wheel locks

Early attempt at battery fire

Early grenade launchers

Rotating "organ" battery

Spinning battery

Caisson

Ornate field piece

Captured Turkish piece

Armor

Close in fighting gear

More of the same

Very ornate handguns

Embellishments on handgun shown above

"Fearsome" helmets

Combination gun/edged weapons

Very odd bore shapes

 

[NebrHogger]

Looks like I'm limited to 20 pics at a whack. No worries! Here are a few more shots from the museum.

Gatling Gun - caliber unknown

Close combat

Winchester Model of 1866 Most of these were 44 rimfire caliber

Lewis gun (Belgian Rattlesnake)

Uniform collar devices

Quad Maxim mount

I'm not sure what this is

Captured Nebelwerfer

Weapons designed by M. Kalashnikov

AK variants

No idea what these weapons might be

 

[guest0001]

Great thread, thx for sharing!

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Door breacher and grapple gun.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

or.... russian made ...

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[morris]

I'm not sure what this is

radar guided searchlight RAP-150, in use from 1943, with optical rangefinder in the foreground

Artillery museum St. Petersburg

 

[Fluff]

These are weapons found in a Saint Petersburg, Russia museum. Images mostly relate to artillery, but weapons of other types and from various ages are shown. I know little of artillery so ID help will be appreciated.



Early attempt at battery fire







Rotating "organ" battery
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Related also to Stalin's Organ?


Spinning battery
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This doesnt look like a good idea....