本卷收錄清代宮廷所藏武備286件（套）及極少量的明代武器，分類排序，也收了數量頗豐的西洋火器。
珍藏品包括刀劍等冷兵器；火槍火砲等熱兵器；鎧甲、鞍韉等軍事裝備;同時亦收入宮廷繪畫，反映帝王狩獵、軍隊以火器操練、清軍作戰等情節，讓讀者可以具體看見當時武備的使用情況。
The Present volume contains the arms used by the imperial armies and national troops in the Qing dynasty. Such as armour, bow and arrow, firelock and cannons which can be found nowhere else in china.
珍藏品包括刀劍等冷兵器；火槍火砲等熱兵器；鎧甲、鞍韉等軍事裝備;同時亦收入宮廷繪畫，反映帝王狩獵、軍隊以火器操練、清軍作戰等情節，讓讀者可以具體看見當時武備的使用情況。
The Present volume contains the arms used by the imperial armies and national troops in the Qing dynasty. Such as armour, bow and arrow, firelock and cannons which can be found nowhere else in china.