Firearms — 21st century
About this product
About this collection
This collection covers 12 recent 21st-century firearms objects, delivered across 30 images in 4 ZIP assets. These represent the most recently acquired items in the Royal Armouries' contemporary firearms holdings, documenting the current frontier of small arms design and manufacture.
Why it matters
The most recent acquisitions to any national collection carry particular significance as indicators of curatorial judgement about contemporary importance. These 12 objects represent the Royal Armouries' assessment of what in current firearms design merits permanent national collection.
Use cases & time to value
- Game & film production design: Accurate period reference for 21st century (recent)-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 (recent) 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 (recent) 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 (recent) |
| 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
4 assets · 12 objects · 30 images · 21st century (recent)
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