An automatic injection device including a housing element, at least oneresilient element arranged to be located within the housing element, a syringeincluding at least one syringe piston, a needle guard adapted for selectablepositioning with respect to the housing element and a selectable drivingelement adapted, when actuated, to be driven by the at least one resilientelement for initially displacing the syringe relative to the housing elementfrom a non-penetration position to a penetration position and thereafterdisplacing the at least one syringe piston in the syringe to effect drugdelivery and displacing the needle guard into a needle guarding position.
