Here's some photos of the WW1 and other interesting exhibits at Fort Nelson
1918 German 105mm Howitzer - the German equivalent of the British 4.5 inch Howitzer as seen at the Royal Artillery Museum. The 105mm is more of a hybrid of the gun and howitzer and produced by Rheinmetall. This example was captured by the Canadians during the Great War.
This is the German equivalent of the 18 pounder - a 1905 Fk96 77mm quick firing gun, which was the standard German field gun, developed as a response to the French introduction of the 75mm M1897.
18 pounder gunner of the 29th Division - clearly mounted, as he is wearing breeches and has his puttees wound the wrong way round (from an infantryman's perspective ;) )
Gun barrel from a 6 inch howitzer - originally towed by horses, from mid 1916 onwards they tended to be transported by the FWD 4x4 three ton truck, imported from the USA in large quantities
Bronze 250mm mortar designed to look like a sitting tiger - it wasn't a ceremonial piece however, it was designed for attacking the British
View down the very long (and very cold!) underground tunnels with conveyor belt for transporting shells
Quick firing Hotchkiss 3 pounder for the Royal Navy - built at Woolwich Arsenal where the Royal Artillery Museum is now
Unusual looking .45 inch calibre double barreled Nepalese 'Bira gun' machine gun - when I first saw it, I was confused as it said it was built in 1953, despite it's ancient appearance. Turns out it was 1953 in Nepalese years - in AD, it was manufactured in 1896
Not WW1 by a long shot, but thought i'd end with a film star - the trebuchet from 'Gladiator'
