Firearms — 21st century
About this product
About this collection
This collection covers 62 firearms from the 21st century, delivered across 149 images in 36 ZIP assets. These represent the Royal Armouries' most recent acquisitions in the firearms category — contemporary military service weapons, law enforcement sidearms, and civilian market examples reflecting the current state of small arms design. Modular platforms, advanced polymer construction, and integrated optics systems feature prominently.
Why it matters
The Royal Armouries' 21st-century firearms holdings represent deliberate curatorial acquisition of objects that will define the collection's coverage for future generations. Many are in active service or current production, making this dataset uniquely valuable for current-technology reference, policy research, and the documentation of living manufacturing traditions.
Use cases & time to value
- Game & film production design: Accurate period reference for 21st century-era weapons in historical games, film, and television
- AI training data: Large labelled firearms dataset for object-recognition, period-classification, and type-identification models
- Military history research: Primary visual source for comparative study of 21st century firearms technology and design evolution
- Publishing & editorial: Ready-to-license imagery for histories, encyclopaedias, and military reference works
- Museum education: Accessible digital collection for academic and public programming on 21st century arms development
Data schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| object_number | string | Royal Armouries catalogue number (XII. prefix + sequence) |
| object_name | string | Standardised object type name as catalogued |
| class | string | XII (Firearms) |
| period | string | 21st century |
| image_filename | string | Original filename as catalogued by the museum |
| image_format | string | tif (archival high-res), jpg (catalogue), or bmp (legacy) |
| width_px | integer | Image width in pixels |
| height_px | integer | Image height in pixels |
| file_size_bytes | integer | Uncompressed file size in bytes |
Collection stats
36 assets · 62 objects · 149 images · 21st century
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