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. 
<p>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.
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<ul><li>Object Name: MH130014018 (1)</li>
<li>Organization: ROYAL NAVY</li>
<li>Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45, Weapons, Guns, GPMG</li>
<li>Keywords: GPMG, General Purpose Machine Gun, Royal Navy, Personnel, Non-Identifiable, Sailor, Male, Firing, Night</li>
<li>Country: At sea</li></ul>
L(Phot) Dave Jenkins
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