Description
Object description
Two boxes of black and white glass lantern slides of Second World War artillery, tanks and other vehicles (many experimental types) including the following:
German 20mm Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun
German 75mm recoiless gun for airborne forces
German 88mm gun (in action)
British 2-pounder anti-tank gun towed by a Lloyd Carrier
British Smith Gun (as used by the Home Guard)
British 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun
US Cargo Carrier M29C towing a 105mm howitzer
British 17-pounder anti-tank gun
British 'Short' 25-pounder gun
British 17-pounder anti-tank gun on Straussler mounting
British Quad 4x4 artillery tractor
British 32-pounder anti-tank gun
British 2-pounder anti-tank gun mounted in a Lloyd Carrier
British 5.5-inch gun
British 8-inch howitzer on railway mounting
British 12-inch howitzer
British 12-inch howitzer on railway mounting
British 7.2-inch howitzer
British 9.2-inch gun on railway mounting
British 14-inch railway gun
British 18-inch railway gun
British 18-inch gun and tracked transporter
British Alecto self-propelled gun mounting a 3.75-inch gun
US 240mm self-propelled gun
US DUKW mounting a 25-pounder gun
US 155mm self-propelled gun
US 240mm gun
US 240mm self-propelled gun
US 14-inch railway gun
British Churchill tank mounting a 3-inch gun
British Humber armoured car mounting a 6-pounder gun
US 105mm gun mounted on a White half-track
British Morris Firefly (6-pounder gun) armoured car
British 25-pounder field gun mounted in a Lloyd Carrier
British 9.2-inch howitzer
British Bishop self-propelled gun
British 6-pounder gun mounted on an armoured AEC Matator
Canadian 3-.7-inch anti-aircraft gun on a RAM Carrier
British Blacker Bombard
Physical description
Black and white glass lantern slides. All have handwritten paper labels, a number have opter annotations. A small number are cracked. They are housed in two wooden boxes each with handwritten paper labels taped / glued to the lids and one end of each box.