Firing Collection (#8)

Franz Miller firing starter pistol, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Franz Miller firing starter pistol, 1928. Official at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

Firing The Noon Day Gun At Castle Cornet, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Light Dragoons Firepower on Warcop Ranges
Pictured are tracer rounds from the.50 calibre Heavy Machine Gun mounted on a Jackal, streaking across the sky like lasers as soldiers fire during a night exercise

Apache Helicopter Live Firing
An Apache helicopter from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron Army Air Corps, during live firing training at Otterburn Ranges in Northumberland

Ancient artillery. Scorpion, an ancient machine for firing darts. From William Newtons Designs for Vitruvius, engraved by N.C. Goodnight. After a 19th century print.

Diagram of a German rocket bomb showing how it was raised into a firing position, 1944. From The War in Pictures, Sixth Year.

German gunners defending a coastal battery in the Ruhr against RAF bombers, 2-6 June, 1940 during World War Two. From The War in Pictures, First Year.

The flight of arrows, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The flight of arrows, c1908. Photograph shows an Atsina dance with Natives gathered in a circle around a central figure, posed as if shooting arrows toward the sky

Laying the foundation-stone of the Albert Harbour, Greenock, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Albert Harbour, Greenock, [Scotland], 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Andrew Swan

The Wimbledon Prize Meeting: rifle match between the Lords and the Commons, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Wimbledon Prize Meeting: rifle match between the Lords and the Commons, 1862. View of a...match between eleven members of the House of Lords and an equal number of the House of Commons

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla off Memphis - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Memphis, the hotbed of Secession, has fallen

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. British sailors firing a cannon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. At the Royal Laboratory practice-range of Woolwich Arsenal number of gunmakers of celebrity were present

World War I: French army force Germans to retreat
3787019 World War I: French army force Germans to retreat; (add.info.: World War I: French army force Germans to retreat at Ablan Ridge. 18 March 1914 or 1915)

The defeat of the Russians in the battle on May Day, near the Yalu River (colour litho)
2798780 The defeat of the Russians in the battle on May Day, near the Yalu River (colour litho) by Japanese School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

World War 1: Austria- Hungarian army in Bukovina
3787070 World War 1: Austria- Hungarian army in Bukovina; (add.info.: World War 1: Austria- Hungarian army in Bukovina. Artillery attack. Eastern Front in present day Romania.); Lebrecht History

World War 1: Croatian Devil Division
3787067 World War 1: Croatian Devil Division'; (add.info.: World War 1: Croatian Devil Division, 42nd Division of Croatian Home Defense 42. Home Guard Infantry Division)

The Battle of Glen Shiel, a narrow pass in the north-west Highlands of Scotland, 10 June 1719, part of the Jacobite rising of 1719, an attempt to restore James Francis Edward Stuart

Crossbow-man (right), pavisier (man firing from behind an oblong shield or pavise, bottom), archer with bow and arrow (left), and the standard of Richard, Earl of Warwick (top)

WW2 - Firing a depth charge at a u-boat from a corvette
WW2 - (1/3) Corvettes and Convoys - the little ships which are grappling with the u-boat menace. Firing a depth charge at a submerged submarine from a corvette - officers scan the sea for signs of

The Skirmish at Driekoppen, near Zwaartkopjes, 1845, engraved by Paul Gauci (1834-66)
NAM261023 The Skirmish at Driekoppen, near Zwaartkopjes, 1845, engraved by Paul Gauci (1834-66), published in c.1845 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century) (after); National Army Museum

Dead Sure: a U. S. Cavalry trooper in the 1870s (colour litho)
PNP245581 Dead Sure: a U.S. Cavalry trooper in the 1870s (colour litho) by Schreyvogel, Charles (1861-1912); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Sea Battle of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, c. 1700 (oil on canvas)
IL274141 Sea Battle of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, c.1700 (oil on canvas) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Paris Kills Achilles or Paride diretto da Apollo Ferince Achille, Book XIII
STC415877 Paris Kills Achilles or Paride diretto da Apollo Ferince Achille, Book XIII, illustration from Ovids Metamorphoses, Florence, 1832 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ademollo

Chief Instructor, Sergeant Ivor Montgomery, training police women on the firing range at Fingringhoe, Essex. Pictured, WPC Elizabeth Jenkin, 25, takes aim on the firing range with her revolver

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian soldiers in the trenches on the Ogadan front. The soldiers have no steel helmets, gas masks or modern weapons to stop the Italian advance

Their Ordeal of Fire: The Grenadier Guards at the Battle of Biddulphs Berg, 1901. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C

A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - British Destroyer
A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - Britains Biggest Destroyer (at this time). Date: circa 1939

The Crimean War: The Bombardment of Odessa by the British Fleet, April 21, 1854, (1901). The port of Odessa on the Black Sea is fired upon by ships of the Royal Navy

The Insurrection under Arabi Pasha, 1882: The Bluejackets clearing the streets of Alexandria, (1901). Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War

The Rebellion of Arabi Pasha in Egypt, 1882: The Bombardment of Alexandria... (1901)
The Rebellion of Arabi Pasha in Egypt, 1882: The Bombardment of Alexandria by the British Fleet, (1901). Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War

Storming of Chapultepec, 1877. The Battle of Chapultepec, September 1847, was a battle between Mexican and American forces during the Mexican-American War. After William Henry Powell (1823-1879)

Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June, 1861. Union troops under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Dumont, supported by Colonels Benjamin Franklin Kelley and Frederick W Lander

The naval Battle of Sole Bay, 1672, (c1870). Artist: CL van Kesteren
The naval Battle of Solebay, 1672, (c1870). The Battle of Sole Bay, was a bloody but indecisive naval battle fought off Southwold, Suffolk

25 Ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
25 Ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

On Outpost Duty, 1896. Creator: Vilhelm Rosenstand
On Outpost Duty, 1896

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: Target practice at sea, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: Target practice at sea, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: artillery drill, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: artillery drill, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: artillery drill, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: artillery drill, (1902?)

Gunners on Target for Exercise Steel Sabre in Northumberland
Pictured is a British Army Royal Artillery GMLRS rocket launcher Firing during Exercise Steel Sabre. The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), nicknamed the 70km Sniper

MLRS captured as a training round leaves the launch tube on the ranges at Otterburn. Gunners from Army Reserve unit 101 (Northumbrian)

Challenger 2 Tank Firing a Shell
A Challenger 2 tank on Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire, Wales fires a Squash-Head practice round. The newly amalgamated Royal Tank Regiment exercised Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks

Army Apache Helicopter Fires 30mm Cannon During Exercise from HMS Ocean
An Apache attack helicopter from 656 Squadron Army Air Corps fires her 30mm cannon during an exercise conducted from HMS Ocean

HMS Edinburghs Lynx Helicopter Opens Fire with her. 50 Cal Machine Gun
HMS Edinburghs Lynx helicopter engages a target with her side door.50 calibre machine gun during a firepower demonstration in the South Atlantic in 2007

A Harrier GR7 of 800 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) is shown firing decoy flares. This Harrier GR7 was part of the first detachment of Harriers to 800 NAS from Royal Air Force Cottesmore

U. S. Army soldiers firing a 120mm mortar during combat operations in Afghanistan
October 23, 2007 - U.S. Army soldiers fire a 120mm mortar during combat operations in the Da udzay Valley in the Zabul Province of Afghanistan

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"Firing: A Powerful Display of Strength and History" Step back in time as the HMS Victory proudly stands tall, her cannons firing with a thunderous roar, reminding us of the might and resilience of the British Navy. Amidst fluttering flags and Admiral Nelson's iconic quote, "England expects that every man will do his duty, " we witness history come alive through the Civil War re-enactment by the Sealed Knot near Edgehill, Warwickshire. G. H. Davis introduces us to innovation with the new British Sten gun, its rapid-fire capability revolutionizing warfare and leaving an indelible mark on military history. From the Second World War era, behold HMS Duke of York unleashing a devastating broadside upon her enemies; a testament to Britain's unwavering determination in times of conflict. In Arnhem's battlegrounds, a soldier from the British First Airborne springs into action during intense combat - showcasing bravery amidst chaos. Witnessing HMS Dragons Lynx Helicopter firing flares overhead is nothing short of awe-inspiring; a display that illuminates both skillful piloting and advanced technology merging seamlessly together. Delve into fantastical realms as Amazing Stories sci-fi magazine cover presents The Mad Robot - captivating our imagination with tales beyond our wildest dreams while exploring themes of artificial intelligence gone rogue. The Easter Rising 1916 echoes through time as we stand before Diana's fountain statue in Mexico City; an enduring symbol commemorating those who fought for freedom against oppressive forces. A Dreadnought fires her great guns - their deafening boom resonating across oceans - exemplifying Britain's naval supremacy during an era where battleships ruled supreme on vast seas. British gunners at Battle of Somme during WW1 epitomize courage under fire; their steadfastness amid unimaginable horrors forever etched in our collective memory as they valiantly fought for king and country.