Firing Collection (page 13)

American troops training in France, WW1
American troops taking part in machine gun training in France during the First World War Date: September 1917

American troops in action, Beauges sur Aire, France, WW1
American troops in action at Beauges sur Aire, northern France, during the First World War. They are firing rifle grenades. Date: 23 October 1918

Italian naval guns in action, WW1
Italian naval guns in action during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Italian naval action with aeroplane overhead, WW1
Italian naval action from an armoured monitor boat with 381mm guns, and an aeroplane flying overhead, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Italian gunners in a wood near Rheims, France, WW1
Italian gunners with a 75 mm battery in action in a wood near Rheims, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

British artillery in action, Mesopotamia, WW1
British artillery in action in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Allied action at Arsuf, Middle East, WW1
Allied action on the Mediterranean coast at Arsuf in the Middle East (now in Israel) during the First World War. Sandbag defences are being held by the 2nd Battalion Black Watch

British battery in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 26-cwt battery in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British 60-pounder guns in action, Samarra, WW1
British 60-pounder guns in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

HMS Inflexible, British battlecruiser, Falklands, WW1
HMS Inflexible, British Invincible-class battlecruiser, launched 1907, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1920

British battleship at sea, WW1
An unidentified British battleship at sea with guns firing during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Caradoc, British light cruiser, post-WW1
HMS Caradoc, British Caledon group C-class light cruiser, launched 1916, part of the Grand Fleet during the latter part of the First World War, also served in the Second World War

French highwayman
A French highwayman surprises a passing coach and horse, shooting the driver a point blank range. Date: c. 1894

British soldiers firing at a German plane, WW1
British soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery attached to the 1st Cavalry Division firing at a German plane with an automatic rifle (a Hotchkiss Mark 1)

British 12 inch Howitzer, Western Front, France, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer being fired at Louez, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. The three gunners are working without their shirts

Battle of Pozieres, northern France, WW1
Scene at the Battle of Pozieres, northern France, during the First World War. Gunners firing an 18 pounder for curtain fire or barrage, in Carnoy Valley, near Montauban. Date: 30 July 1916

Heavy artillery firing at Arras, northern France, WW1
Heavy artillery firing at Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Naval gun firing behind Canadian lines, Vimy Ridge, WW1
A naval gun firing over Vimy Ridge behind Canadian lines at night on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. Date: May 1917

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Big gun in Battle of the Lys, near Ypres, WW1
A big gun in front of a farmhouse near Ypres, Belgium, with shells ready for firing, during the Battle of the Lys, First World War. Date: April 1918

Heavy artillery in action on cliff, Helles, Gallipoli, WW1
Heavy artillery (a 60-pound battery) in action on top of a cliff at Helles, Gallipoli, during the First World War. Up until July 1915 there were only eight of these guns in action at Helles

British naval gun in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British naval 12-pounder gun in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

British artillery in northern France, WW1
British artillery with their rifles in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British heavy gun in action, Somme area, WW1
A British heavy gun in action in the Somme area of northern France during the First World War. Date: August 1916

British heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1
A British heavy Howitzer in action on the Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

Battery of 60 pounders in action, Contalmaison, France, WW1
A battery of 60 pounders in action at Contalmaison, northern France, during the Battle of Albert, First World War. Date: July 1916

Allied fleet firing salute in the Bosphorus, WW1
Allied fleet firing a salute in the Bosphorus to signal Peace, probably towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa late 1918

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer near Albert, France, WW1
A British 9.2 inch Howitzer in action in an orchard near Albert, northern France, during the First World War, with gunners and shells. Date: July 1916

Canadian heavy Howitzer on the Somme, France, WW1
A Canadian heavy Howitzer in action during the Battle of Courcelette, on the Somme, France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Large railway mounted gun firing, WW1
A large railway mounted gun firing from tree cover during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890
Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890

Howitzer in action at Wagonlieu, France, WW1
An 8 inch Howitzer in action at Wagonlieu, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 12 May 1916

British naval guns firing, Western Front, WW1
British naval guns taking part in a bombardment on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 5 inch Howitzer, Richebourg, France, WW1
A British 5 inch Howitzer belonging to the 4th Howitzer Brigade, 49th West Riding Division, in action at Richebourg Saint Vst on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War

340 mm gun on Western Front, northern France, WW1
A 340 mm gun in action on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. One of the gunners (centre right) has his fingers in his ears. Date: 26 September 1918

Howitzer about to fire, Ravin de Proyart, Somme, WW1
A 370 mm Howitzer about to fire at Ravin de Proyart, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 24 June 1916

British artillery in action, Western Front, WW1
British artillery in action against the German position in northern France, Western Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Heavy artillery, Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
British heavy artillery, nicknamed Granny, with shells ready for firing, at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1917

British 8 inch Howitzer, near Henin-sur-Cojeul, France, WW1
A British 8 inch Mark V Howitzer in action near Henin-sur-Cojeul, on the Western Front in northern France during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, First World War

German flame throwers in action against British tank, WW1
German flame throwers in action against a British tank during the First World War, with black smoke billowing. Date: 1914-1918

Australian field gun firing, Bullecourt, France, WW1
An Australian 18-pound field gun firing at Bullecourt, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. A large stack of shells can be seen in the foreground, ready for use

Artillery Observation Officer sets lamp, Kemmel Ridge, WW1
An Artillery Observation Officer setting his lamp to signal back to his Battery the results of firing, around the time of the Battles of Kemmel Ridge (Kemmelburg, Lys, Flanders)

Gurkha firing Lewis gun in trenches, WW1
Gurkha of the 3/3rd Gurkha Rifles, 75th Division, firing a Lewis gun in the trenches during the First World War. Date: December 1917

Dutch Warships 1670
A Dutch man-of-war firing her guns. Date: circa 1670

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