File:Sailor Firing GPMG Onboard HMS Dragon MOD 45155269.jpg

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English: A Royal Navy gunner onboard HMS Dragon fires a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) at a parachute flare during a live firing exercise at night. The ship is currently on a seven month deployment.

Type 45 destroyer HS Dragon flexed her muscles firing every gun onboard. The serial started with the ship deploying the killer tomato, a big red inflatable target and engaging it with the ships 4.5 inch gun, quickly followed by the 30mm canons, phalanx, Miniguns and General Purpose Machine Guns.

  • Object Name: MH130014018 (1)
  • Organization: ROYAL NAVY
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45, Weapons, Guns, GPMG
  • Keywords: GPMG, General Purpose Machine Gun, Royal Navy, Personnel, Non-Identifiable, Sailor, Male, Firing, Night
  • Country: At sea
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