The exhibition "The military innovations of five centuries", held in Vienna's Military History Museum, included a rare prototypes and samples of the legendary weapons of the past. Today's photo essay the author was able to visit this unique exhibition.
Trap crossbow WWI.
Trap crossbow WWI.
Identification of many samples I have caused some difficulties and I tried to find more information about the exhibition in the Internet, but other than a few photos from the official press release there's nothing there. Therefore, I can say with full confidence that all the photos below are unique and more pictures from this show you are now nowhere to find.
The exhibition begins with the layout of the desktop doctor Austro-Hungarian army, probably symbolizing the fact that everything I saw you on was created to kill people ...
Austrian WWI stormtrooper mannequin in a protective cuirass and mantle result in the helmet, standing next to anti-tank gun «Mauser Tankgewehr M1918" - the first anti-tank rifle in world history.
Unicorn and layouts of different types of guns dulnozaryadnyh - multi-barreled, and dvuhstvolny trehdulnye, XVI-XIX century.
From left to right:
* Shotgun combined wick-flintlock system Montecuccoli caliber 18.5 mm, 1690.
* breech-loading carbine M1770 dragoon with silicon lock system Crespi, caliber 18.3 mm.
* Air Rifle «Windbüchse» system Zhirandoni M1779, caliber 11, 5 mm.
* breech-loading carbine M1770 dragoon with silicon lock system Crespi, caliber 18.3 mm.
* Air Rifle «Windbüchse» system Zhirandoni M1779, caliber 11, 5 mm.
Ornate kaznozaryadnoe (?) Gun, more over it can not say anything.
From left to right:
* Prototype Capsule pistol for officers of the French infantry regiments.
* Prototype Jaeger union with the capsule shop, Caliber 13.9 mm, 1820.
* The prototype of the Swiss infantry rifles Milbank-Amsler, the caliber of 17.8 mm, the 1860 year.
* Prototype Prince bolt rifles, caliber 10.5 mm, 1850 year.
* Prototype breech-loading rifle infantry Lindner, Caliber 13.9 mm, the 1860 year.
* Prototype kaznozaryadnoe Jaeger fitting system Linder, Caliber 13.9 mm, 1867 .
* Prototype Jaeger socket with pull gate, caliber 15 mm, 1867.
* Prototype Jaeger union with the capsule shop, Caliber 13.9 mm, 1820.
* The prototype of the Swiss infantry rifles Milbank-Amsler, the caliber of 17.8 mm, the 1860 year.
* Prototype Prince bolt rifles, caliber 10.5 mm, 1850 year.
* Prototype breech-loading rifle infantry Lindner, Caliber 13.9 mm, the 1860 year.
* Prototype kaznozaryadnoe Jaeger fitting system Linder, Caliber 13.9 mm, 1867 .
* Prototype Jaeger socket with pull gate, caliber 15 mm, 1867.
An engineering prototype capsule gun-system picks Archduke Maximilian, the caliber of 17.8 mm, 1827.
From top to bottom:
* Prototype cavalry pistol with safety systems Augustine, Caliber 16.9 mm, 1851.
* Prototype Cavalry Pistol Ferdinand Fryuvirta, caliber 15 mm, 1861.
* Kavalleriysky gun with attachable butt M1851 system of Augustine, the caliber of 16.9 mm.
* prototype cavalry pistol with ramrod system Ferdinand Fryuvirta caliber 16.9 mm, 1861.
* Prototype Cavalry Pistol Ferdinand Fryuvirta, caliber 15 mm, 1861.
* Kavalleriysky gun with attachable butt M1851 system of Augustine, the caliber of 16.9 mm.
* prototype cavalry pistol with ramrod system Ferdinand Fryuvirta caliber 16.9 mm, 1861.
Kartechnitsy Gatling - one of the first examples of a machine gun.
Mitrailleuse (kartechnitsy) Montigny arr. In 1870.
Machine shop charging mitrailleuse Montigny.
From right to left:
* The prototype rifle made of which we have based British infantry rifle, 1863-1866 gg.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles made of which we have based infantry rifle of the Lorenz system, caliber 11 mm, 1865.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, caliber 11 mm, 1860.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, Caliber 11.2 mm, 1860.
* Another prototype of breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, Caliber 11.2 mm, 1860.
* Prototype breech-loading rifle of unknown caliber 17.6 mm, 1860.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles made of which we have based infantry rifle of the Lorenz system, caliber 11 mm, 1865.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, caliber 11 mm, 1860.
* Prototype breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, Caliber 11.2 mm, 1860.
* Another prototype of breech-loading rifles Niger and Engel-Wines, Caliber 11.2 mm, 1860.
* Prototype breech-loading rifle of unknown caliber 17.6 mm, 1860.
In the top row of various prototype helmet for officers dragoon and cuirassier regiments of the Austrian army (kk Armee), all dated 1850 year. In the bottom row of different samples ulanok (Tschapka fur Ulanen) privates and officers of the Austro-Hungarian army (kuk Armee), all dated 1876 year.
Installations for the launch of a rocket to the right - install to run a 12-pound missile system Gele (Hale) caliber 7.5 cm, 1860.
Various samples of rockets design William Gele, 1860.
6-pound rocket M1864 caliber of 12 cm and plant for its launch.
3-pound mountain gun M1861 system Lenka.
Machine to carry or transport by mule parts of the mountain gun M1861.
From left to right:
* The prototype infantry rifles Shulhofa caliber 8 mm, 1882.
* Prototype bolt rifle Shpitalski caliber 11.2 mm, 1890.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa, caliber 11 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa with the placement of the store in the butt, the caliber of 11.2 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa, caliber 11 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa caliber 8 mm, 1882.
* Prototype bolt rifle Shpitalski caliber 11.2 mm, 1890.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa, caliber 11 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa with the placement of the store in the butt, the caliber of 11.2 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa, caliber 11 mm, 1882.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Shulhofa caliber 8 mm, 1882.
Various samples of artillery ammunition of the XIX century.
Fortress cannon on a steel carriage to the second half of the XIX century and the different patterns of protective cuirasses.
Protective breastplate during World (?), One of which with a dent from a direct hit.
Training mock gun M.07 / 12 Shvartsloze.
The prototype machine gun system Salvator-Dormusa caliber 8 mm, 1893.
Experimental 8-cm field gun M99.
From left to right:
* Prototype bolt rifles Ritter von Yurnitcheka caliber 8 mm, 1887.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Petri Buhmyulnera caliber 8 mm, 1890.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Werndly caliber 11.2 mm, 1888.
* The bolt rifle Mannlicher M1885 system, caliber 11 mm.
* Prototype slide Mannlicher rifles, caliber 8 mm, 1908.
* prototype semi-automatic rifle Mannlicher M1892 system, caliber 6.5 mm.
* M1914 prototype project unified rifle, caliber 7 mm.
* Prototype M1915 standardized draft rifle, caliber 8 mm.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Petri Buhmyulnera caliber 8 mm, 1890.
* Prototype Infantry bolt rifles Werndly caliber 11.2 mm, 1888.
* The bolt rifle Mannlicher M1885 system, caliber 11 mm.
* Prototype slide Mannlicher rifles, caliber 8 mm, 1908.
* prototype semi-automatic rifle Mannlicher M1892 system, caliber 6.5 mm.
* M1914 prototype project unified rifle, caliber 7 mm.
* Prototype M1915 standardized draft rifle, caliber 8 mm.
Central exhibits: a rotating spherical shell M1854 for smooth-bore guns caliber 10.5 cm and the world's first self-loading pistol Laumana caliber 8 mm.
Left to right, top to bottom:
* Prototype Revolver Pieper, caliber 8 mm, 1897.
* Prototype revolver with side ignition system of unknown caliber of 11.6 mm, the 1860 year.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Mouth Creek, caliber 8 mm, 1895.
* A prototype of an autoloading pistol M1894 system Salvator-Dormusa caliber 8 mm, 1895.
* Another prototype Pieper Revolver, caliber 8 mm, 1897.
* Prototype autoloading pistol C93 system BORCHARD, caliber 7.65 mm, 1895.
* Prototype revolver with side ignition system of unknown caliber of 11.6 mm, the 1860 year.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Mouth Creek, caliber 8 mm, 1895.
* A prototype of an autoloading pistol M1894 system Salvator-Dormusa caliber 8 mm, 1895.
* Another prototype Pieper Revolver, caliber 8 mm, 1897.
* Prototype autoloading pistol C93 system BORCHARD, caliber 7.65 mm, 1895.
In continuation to the previous photo, from left to right from top to bottom:
* The prototype self-loading pistol and Passlera Seidl, caliber 7.5 mm, 1887.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Mannlicher-Winkler, caliber 7.63 mm, 1894-1897.
* Prototype Revolver Rasta and Gessar caliber 8 mm, 1900s years.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Shulhofa, caliber 9 mm, 1884.
* Prototype autoloading pistol M1894 system Salvator-Dormusa caliber 8 mm, 1897.
* Prototype long-barreled autoloading pistol M1907 system Mouth Creek, caliber 8 mm .
* The prototype self-loading pistol Schoenberger, caliber 8 mm, 1888.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Mannlicher-Winkler, caliber 7.63 mm, 1894-1897.
* Prototype Revolver Rasta and Gessar caliber 8 mm, 1900s years.
* The prototype self-loading pistol Shulhofa, caliber 9 mm, 1884.
* Prototype autoloading pistol M1894 system Salvator-Dormusa caliber 8 mm, 1897.
* Prototype long-barreled autoloading pistol M1907 system Mouth Creek, caliber 8 mm .
* The prototype self-loading pistol Schoenberger, caliber 8 mm, 1888.
Frontline homemade wooden pistol, they all date 1915. Bottom left - a prototype of pliers for snacking barbed wire to Mannlicher rifle.
Trench maces for melee during World War I, still known to us as "flails".
Various samples flamethrowers WWI.
Makeshift Austrian Field Switch WWI.
Experimental mountain howitzer L11 / V, caliber 10.4 cm, 1912.
A prototype of an improvised gun Ignaz Shrnitsitsa made on the basis of an infantry rifle M1888 / 90 Mannlicher system, caliber 8 mm, 1915.
Sample improvised gun (semi-automatic rifle -?) Based on Mannlicher rifles, 1915. On the rifle mounted casing for water cooling, top shop and a system of levers for quick reloading and descent
On top of a prototype of an improvised gun made on the basis of an infantry rifle Mannlicher M1895, 1915.
Another sample of an experimental machine gun (semi-automatic rifle -?) Water-cooled on the basis of infantry rifles Mannlicher, 1915.
On top of the various prototypes of helmets of the Austro-Hungarian Army of 1915-1917., Bottom samples simplified ersatz gear the second half of the First World War.
7 cm mountain gun M9.
Experimental sample of 9.5 cm field howitzers, 1914.
Roll broneschit and compact trench mortar WWI.
Various prototypes of uniforms and hats of the Austro-Hungarian army arr. In 1917.
Prototypes of the new insignia of the Austro-Hungarian army arr. In 1917.
Prototypes steel helmets for the Austro-Hungarian army arr. Of 1914-1917.
Various prototypes emblems on steel helmets.
Experimental 44-mm infantry gun mod. In 1934.
4.7 cm anti-tank gun M35 times the first Republic.
Evolution of the Austrian uniform, left to right:
* Tunic M1916 Stabsfeldwebel Folksvera, 1919.
* Officers tunic times the first republic.
* Officers tunic times the first republic.
* Austrian tunic with different signs of the Third Reich, the Wehrmacht used in only a few years after the Anschluss.
Prototype tracked armored A1 «Saurer».
Sample light tank SK-105 "Cuirassier".
Modern samples of small arms.
Various embodiments of the famous StG.77 or Steyr AUG (Armee Universal Gewehr).
Prototype rifles based on the rifle Mauser 98k under the gas cartridge, 1977.
Helmets Austrian army with the following experimental firing their piercing.
MG-74 machine gun and a modified valve system Beretta.
Prototype floating wheeled armored OAF.
Prototypes of the insignia of the armed forces of Austria, in the center - the first sample cap mountain rifle parts 2nd Republic with a distinctive "Austrian Edelweiss" on the green lining and turned into "reverse" side.
Heavy sniper rifle MK3 "Cheetah", 12.7 mm.
And in the end, modern samples of uniforms and weapons of the Austrian army, in the center - a heavy sniper rifle M82 A1 12.7 mm.
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