Firing Collection (page 11)

One of the special Airspeed AS65 Consuls produced in 1949 for the Burmese Air Force fitted with two fixed forward-firing guns under the fuselage and provision for eight 25lb rocket projectiles

An Atlas ICBM is raised into the firing position by an erector-launcher mechanism at the Convair plant at San Diego, California. June 1959. Date: 1959

Rocket firing North American F-86D Sabre

Rocket firing North American F-86A Sabre

Brick making kilns - Rangoon -.. before firing. Date: 1952

Huge Artillery Shell
Two English soldiers on the Western Front swing a huge shell into the firing position. Date: 1918

Firing a Torpedo
Charging a torpedo-tube aboard a U-boat, of the type which sank three British cruisers in the North Sea during the first weeks of World War One - a warning of things to come... Date: September 1914

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Kearsarce and Alabama

Belgian Canal Boat Fund for the relief of the civil populati

Curtained litter and cavalry exercise, Persia
Two Persian images. The first, entitled Takht-e-Ravan, shows a curtained litter being escorted by horsemen. The second, entitled The Key Kaj Exercise, shows two horsemen

Soldier firing gun at American Indians
A Check. Keep Your Distance! Soldier firing gun at American Indians Date: 1853

Metropolitan police dog handler training dog in field
A Metropolitan Police dog handler training an Alsatian dog in a field. The handler is in civilian clothes, playing the role of a criminal, and has just fired a gun near the dogs head

Metropolitan Police officer on horseback in a field
A Metropolitan Police officer on horseback in a field, undergoing training. Another policeman fires a gun, to familiarise the horse with the loud noise. Date: 20th century

Mexican Revolution - Mexican sharpshooters
Mexican Recvolution - Mexican sharpshooters firing from behind a brick barricade. One of their comrades has been killed (foreground). Date: circa 1910s

German planes over Paris, propaganda postcard, WW1
A propaganda postcard showing German planes flying over Paris during the First World War, with the Eiffel Tower, and an inset portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1914-1918

Australian troops in action on the battlefield, WW1
Australian troops in action on the battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German heavy railway-mounted gun in action, WW1
A German heavy railway-mounted gun in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German heavy gun firing, Le Cateau, France, WW1
A German heavy gun firing in Le Cateau Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British gunners with 18-pounder, Macedonian Front, WW1
British gunners in action with an 18-pounder gun on the Macedonian Front, near the Struma River, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Bulgarian Artillery
Bulgarian artillery team with their smart new gun Date: circa 1910s

American troops in action near Le Nefour, France, WW1
American troops in action, firing phosphorous bombs near Le Nefour, France, during the First World War. Date: 26 October 1918

American tanks in action, western front, WW1
American tanks in action on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

5th Royal Irish Lancers - Scouts Date: 1910s

Austro-Hungarian howitzer in action, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American machine gunners, Villers-Tournelle, France, WW1
American machine gunners firing on Germans across no mans land, near Villers-Tournelle, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Austrian 15cm howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer (Skoda, 15cm) in action near Ladyna-Nova, Galicia, on the Eastern Front during the First World War

Australian infantry opposite Hindenburg Line, France, WW1
Australian infantry attacking beyond their barrage, opposite the Hindenburg Line in north eastern France, during the First World War

American artillery in Argonne, France, WW1
American artillery in action in Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 26 September 1918

Battlefield in Champagne, France, WW1
Scene on a battlefield in Champagne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Turkish field artillery in action, WW1
Turkish field artillery in action during the First World War. Men of the Red Crescent (left) are carrying a wounded man on a stretcher. Date: 1914-1918

American troops near Amphersbach, Germany, WW1
American troops from Kansas in action near Amphersbach, Alsace, Germany, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 28 August 1918

Machine gun section in a forest, Russian Front, WW1
A machine gun section, probably of the Austro-Hungarian army, in action in a forest on the Russian Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American soldiers in action with Hotchkiss gun, WW1
American soldiers in action with a Hotchkiss gun on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Attacking the Commune
Forces of the Versailles government attack the Commune : artillery at Fort Valerien firing at the city. Date: April 1871

Battle Re-Enactment
Members of the Southern Skirmish Association charge across the turnip fields of Kent, firing antique muskets and wearing home-made uniforms. Date: 1960s

Woman Firing a Revolver
A woman fires a revolver. Lets hope shes not unhinged. Date: 1930s

Sea battle in progress, WW1
A sea battle in progress during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian gunners operating 12cm trench mortar, WW1
Austro-Hungarian gunners operating a 12cm trench mortar (in firing position) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian gunners in action, plain of Kosovo, WW1
Serbian gunners in action on the plain of Kosovo during the First World War. Two men on the left are covering their ears against the noise. Date: 1915

Serbian heavy batteries in action against Austrians, WW1
Serbian heavy batteries in action against the Austrians during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Austrian gunners operating mortar, WW1
Austro-Hungarian gunners operating a mortar during the First World War. Date: 1917

German 25cm heavy trench mortar in firing position, WW1
A German 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar, in service before and during the First World War. Seen here in firing position. Date: 1914-1918

German troops in action near Monastir, WW1
German Saxon Jaeger troops in action near Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. Date: December 1916

Gunners with 60-pound gun, Salonika Front, WW1
Gunners in action with a 60-pound gun on the Salonika Front during the First World War. The guns recoil was 56 inches. circa 1916-1917

German gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
German gunners in action with field artillery on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American artillery at Chatel Chehery, France, WW1
American artillery (a 155 mm gun) in action at Chatel Chehery, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 3 October 1918

Railway gun in action, Argonne, France, WW1
A 14 inch railway gun in action, manned by American coast artillery men in Argonne, north eastern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: October 1918

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