Firing Collection (#3)

105mm Light Artillery Guns at Military Pageant
A battery of 105mm Light Artillery guns manned by 103 Regiment (V) Royal Artillery opens fire during a military pageant. The versatile 105mm light gun is used by the parachute

Challenger 2 Tank Firing a Shell at Night
A Challenger 2 Tank on Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire, Wales firing a shell at night. The newly amalgamated Royal Tank Regiment exercised Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks on Castlemartin Ranges

Siege gun, 16th Century (chromolitho)
2782546 Siege gun, 16th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege gun, 16th Century. Liebig card, published early 20th century)

Italian bombard, 14th Century (chromolitho)
2782547 Italian bombard, 14th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian bombard, 14th Century. Liebig card, published early 20th century)

Salvation and Victory to the Boers (colour litho)
2774016 Salvation and Victory to the Boers (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salvation and Victory to the Boers)

The Battle of Lexington, April 19 1775. First shots of the American War of Independence
3533995 The Battle of Lexington, April 19 1775. First shots of the American War of Independence, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub.1915; (add.info.: The Battle of Lexington)

Mortar, 17th Century (chromolitho)
2782548 Mortar, 17th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mortar, 17th Century. Liebig card, published early 20th century)

The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942)
3533913 The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942), from Hutchinson's History of the Nations

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. 'There are few places in which a naval spectacle can be seen to greater advantage than

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:...the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: arrival of the French fleet - the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865

The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, [northern France], 1865. View '...from a sketch by our special artist...The first to round the point was the Royal yacht Osborne, while

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Illustration of a parade of troops. '...the line was formed...in full view of the combined fleets anchored at

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship...salute..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship returning the salute of the French fleet, 1865

The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Barnpool, Mount Edgcumbe, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Barnpool, Mount Edgcumbe, 1865. 'The [royal yacht] Osborne, on her arrival, took up her moorings in Barn Pool...where there is a private landing-place

The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Military rehearsal. 'The besieged garrison were all men of the Marine Artillery and Volunteer Artillery

The War in Denmark: the assault on No. 4 Redoubt at Düppel...by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the assault on No. 4 Redoubt at Duppel - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'Since the seaward redoubts, No. 1 and No

The War in Denmark: the Rolf Krake, Danish...gun-boat...engaging the Prussians before Düppel, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark from a sketch by our special artist with the allied German armies: the Rolf Krake, Danish iron-plated gun-boat, in the Venning Bund, engaging the Prussians before Duppel, 1864

Fight at Waiari, on the Mangapiko River, New Zealand, on the 11th of February, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Fight at Waiari, on the Mangapiko River, New Zealand, on the 11th of February, 1864. 'It seems that...some of our soldiers went into the river to bathe

The War in Denmark: the Prussian assault on Redoubt No. 6 at Düppel on April 18…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the Prussian assault on Redoubt No. 6 at Duppel on 18 April - from a sketch by our special artist on the Prussian side, 1864. View of '...the assault upon Redoubt No

The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rügen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemünde..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rugen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemunde - from a sketch by our Danish correspondent, 1864

The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. View of '...the military evolutions of Easter Monday on Blackheath - an open piece of undulating ground

The War in Denmark: Prussian battery at Gaasberg Point, opposite the forts of Düppel, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Prussian battery at Gaasberg Point, opposite the forts of Duppel, 1864. '...We see two of the great guns at work

Illustrations of the War in Denmark: fight between the Danes and the Austrians at Veile..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Denmark: fight between the Danes and the Austrians at Veile on the 8th of March, 1864. '...the Austrian infantry regiment of Hesse was sent...across the frozen swamp

The War in Denmark: a skirmish near Fredericia, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: a skirmish near Fredericia, 1864. A skirmish between the Danes and Austrians during the Second Schleswig War. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Night attack of the Kent Artillery Volunteers in Ore Creek, near Faversham, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Night attack of the Kent Artillery Volunteers in Ore Creek, near Faversham, 1864. View of '...the rehearsal of a night attack and defence

Illustration showing the ballistic effects of firing a cannon. The projectile is shown moving in accordance with
5311515 Illustration showing the ballistic effects of firing a cannon. The projectile is shown moving in accordance with the laws of physics, described by Aristotle

Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4590209 Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven

A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3359104 A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in)

Pensinular War: Siege of Saragossa (Zaragoza) 16 June - 13 August 1808. Engraving after David Wilkie
536040 Pensinular War: Siege of Saragossa (Zaragoza) 16 June - 13 August 1808. Engraving after David Wilkie; (add.info.: Maria Augustin, Maid of Sarogossa)

American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814
528795 American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814, firing on 4 boats of British Marines from the Carnation'. Attack repelled

Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer
FLO4727817 Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4727841 Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3359101 A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in)

German troops firing from trenches under the direction of an officer during WWI (litho)
3252918 German troops firing from trenches under the direction of an officer during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Dogger Bank Incident. Russian Baltic squadron firing on the Gamecock fishing fleet
530172 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Dogger Bank Incident. Russian Baltic squadron firing on the Gamecock fishing fleet off the Dogger Bank. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French soldiers in action
5306266 chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French soldiers in action; Universal History Archive/UIG

A cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3331166 A cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a)

Peninsular War: Siege of Saragosa (Zaragoza) 16 June-13 August 1808. Wood engraving
536457 Peninsular War: Siege of Saragosa (Zaragoza) 16 June-13 August 1808. Wood engraving.; (add.info.: Maria Augustin, Maid of Sarogossa)

Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Spanish-American War of 1898 publ. 1900 (print)
2967888 Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Spanish-American War of 1898 publ. 1900 (print) by American School

A winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3359102 A winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress)

A cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3359103 A cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a cannon for firing winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a)

Man firing a pistol, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (engraving)
3432527 Man firing a pistol, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man firing a pistol, 19th century)

Examples of various hand-gun firing mechanisms, c.1880 (engraving)
535880 Examples of various hand-gun firing mechanisms, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Examples of various hand-gun firing mechanisms)

Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows. Reconstruction from Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon sive de
533941 Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows. Reconstruction from Justus Lipsius Poliorceticon sive de Machinis Tormentis Telis, Antwerp 1605

A Group of Gallant Soldiers around a Fire, 1949 (oil on canvas)
989136 A Group of Gallant Soldiers around a Fire, 1949 (oil on canvas) by Filla, Emil (1882-1953); 195.3x154.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Group of Gallant Soldiers around a Fire)

chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French soldiers in action
5306263 chocolate wrapper. circa 1900. depicting French soldiers in action; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 75s in action 1914-15, by Georges Scott
3032710 French 75s in action 1914-15, by Georges Scott; Private Collection; (add.info.: WW1, French 75 battery in action 1914-15, by Georges Scott); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

President McKinley holding an oil can labelled Patronage, 1897
1576777 President McKinley holding an oil can labelled Patronage, 1897; (add.info.: Firing up the wrong boiler President McKinley holding an oil can labelled "Patronage")

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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.