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cloth belt would continue out the left side. During sustained fire, the barrel would heat up which heated the water in the jacket until hot enough for the water to evaporate or boil thereby cooling the barrel releasing the heat through steam. It took the Mk I 600 rounds of continuous fire to boil the water in the jacket, evaporating at a rate of 1.5 pints (0.852 L) per 1,000 rounds. The steam would reach the top of the jacket and enter a steam tube which led to a port that was situated under the jacket near the muzzle. A hose was connected to this, which released the steam into a metal water can allowing it to be vented away from the rest of the gun hiding the steam cloud and the gun's position. This also allowed any condensate to be reclaimed from the steam. Before the can got too full, it would be emptied back into the jacket to replenish the water level which would have fallen as the water evaporated and boiled away. If the water jacket needed to be emptied, a plug under the jacket could be unscrewed to drain the entire jacket.
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extractor pulls the spent cartridge from the chamber and, once clear, this falls through an ejection port in the underside of the gun's body. Unlocking the breechblock assembly also withdraws the upper round (the next round to be chambered) from the belt. When there is sufficient clearance, the extractor block lowers the new round until it is aligned with the chamber. Forward movement of the breechblock assembly then chambers the round. Near the very end of the forward cycle, the extractor block rises to engage the next round ready to be loaded.
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Automatic Machine Rifle to warrant further consideration of them in the field test. The Board is of the unanimous opinion that the Vickers rifle caliber gun, light model, stood the most satisfactory test. As to the merits of the Vickers gun there is no questionâit stood in a class by itself. Not a single part was broken nor replaced. Nor was there a jam worthy of the name during the entire series of tests. A better performance could not be desired.
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sustained fire such as employed by ground troops); but because the weapon relied on boosted barrel recoil, the (empty) water-holding barrel jacket or casing was retained. Several sets of louvered slots were cut into the barrel jacket to aid air cooling, a better solution than that which had initially been attempted with the 1915-vintage
1153:. Ammunition for the Vickers used colour-coded annuli. Tracer ammunition was marked with a red annulus; armouring-piercing ammunition with a green annulus, and incendiary ammunition with a blue annulus. Explosive ammunition was marked with an orange annulus before the Second World War and was changed to black.
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545:(when heavier 0.5 in/12.7 mm calibre machine guns appeared, the tripod-mounted, rifle-calibre machine guns such as the Vickers were further re-classified as "medium machine guns"). After the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was disbanded and the Vickers returned to infantry units.
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British ships. This variation was typically four guns mounted on a 360° rotating and (+80° to â10°) elevating housing. The belts were rolled into a spiral and placed in hoppers beside each gun. The heavy plain bullet weighed 1.3 oz (37 g) and was good for
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Vickers machine gun also served the UK during both world wars. Water-cooled, it fired the .303 British cartridge from 250 round fabric belts at 450rpm. This weapon weighed 51 lbs and as designed, had a 3-man team assigned to it. During the Federation of South Arabia's short life, it had its own
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cocking handle is part of the floating action. It acts through the rear pivot of the toggle lock. Pulling the cocking handle causes the toggle to rise. This unlocks the breech and then draws the breechblock assembly rearward. While firing, the opposite end of the crank handle cams on a round lug
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The loader sat to the gunner's right, and fed in belts of cloth, into which the rounds had been placed. The weapon would draw in the belt from right to left, pull the next round out of the belt and into the chamber, fire it, then send the fired brass cartridge down and out of the receiver while the
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machine guns, but there was a shortage of parts. By August 1918, thirteen U.S. divisions were armed with the ColtâVickers machine gun, and many aircraft were armed with the weapons as well (2,888 guns were converted). 7,653 guns were issued during the war out of 12,125 produced in total. War damage
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fired their ten
Vickers guns to deliver sustained fire for twelve hours. Using 100 barrels, they fired a million rounds without breakdowns. "It was this absolute foolproof reliability which endeared the Vickers to every British soldier who ever fired one. It never broke down; it just kept on firing
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The gun and its tripod were carried separately and both were heavy. The
Vickers Mk I was 30 lb (13.6 kg) without the water and tripod, and weighed 40 lb (18.1 kg) with the water. The original design did not anticipate it being carried up jungle-covered mountains on men's backs,
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To fire the loaded gun, the gunner depresses a paddle at the rear of the gun. Through a lever, this pulls on a sliding bar that trips the trigger to release the firing pin. The weapon then cycles to load the next cartridge for firing. If the paddle is still depressed when the breech closes, the
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to prevent overheating. The heat of the barrel boiled the water in the jacket surrounding it. The resulting steam was taken off by a flexible tube to a condenser containerâthis had the dual benefits of avoiding giving away the gun's location, and also enabling re-use of the water, which was very
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Ordnance & Fortifications held a meeting on March 15, 1913 to consider the adoption of a new type of machine gun. ... The Board is of the opinion that, with the exception of the Vickers gun, none of the other guns submitted showed sufficiently marked superiority for the military
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The water jacket would be filled with about 4 litres (1.1 US gal) of water from a small hole at the rear end, sealed by a cap. The evaporative cooling system, though heavy, was very effective and enabled the gun to keep firing far longer than its air-cooled rival weapons. If water was
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was between 450 and 600 rounds per minute. In practice, it was expected that 10,000 rounds would be fired per hour, and that the barrel would be changed every hourâa two-minute job for a trained team. The
Vickers gun could sustain fire for long durations of time exceeding the recommended 10,000
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The weight of the gun itself varied based on the gear attached, but was generally 25 to 30 pounds (11 to 14 kg) with a 40-to-50-pound (18 to 23 kg) tripod. The ammunition boxes for the 250-round ammunition belts weighed 22 pounds (10.0 kg) each. In addition, it required about 7.5
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After World War I, the ColtâVickers machine guns were kept in reserve until World War II. Several hundred were sent to the Dutch East Indies and the
Philippines, and were all eventually lost to enemy action. In 1940 and 1941, a total of 7,071 M1915 guns were purchased by the United Kingdom to
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does. With the breechblock assembly closed and ready to fire, the extractor block grips the base of two cartridges: the lower cartridge in the chamber ready to fire and an upper cartridge held in the canvas belt within the feed block. When the breechblock assembly unlocks after firing, the
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Vickers, as did most British and French fighters between 1918 and the mid-1930s. In the air, the weighty water-cooling system was rendered redundant by low temperatures at high altitude and the constant stream of air passing over the gun (and lack of any need for
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of the late 19th century. After purchasing the Maxim company outright in 1896, Vickers took the design of the Maxim gun and improved it, inverting the mechanism as well as reducing its weight by lightening and simplifying the action and using high strength alloys for certain components. A
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in 1915, with an additional 4,000 ordered the next year, all chambered for .30-06. Design complexities, design modifications, and focus on producing previously ordered weapons meant that when the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, Colt had not manufactured a single M1915.
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was used in tanks, the earlier Mark I having been the development model. This entered service in 1933 and was obsolete in 1944. Firing either single shot or automatic it had a pistol type trigger grip rather than the spades of the 0.303 in (7.7 mm) weapon.
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but such was the weapon's popularity that men were generally content to pack it to all manner of difficult locations. The tripod would be set up to make a firm base, often dug into the ground a little and perhaps with the feet weighted down with sandbags.
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which move from side to side. The pawls are operated by a linkage that engages with the floating action. A second set of spring-loaded pawls tilt up and down as the belt passes over them. These hold the belt during the return cycle of the feed pawls.
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The feed block assembly sits directly above the breech. It accepts the canvas belt loaded with ammunition. With each firing cycle, it advances the belt by one round so that a fresh cartridge is presented ready for loading. The belt is advanced by
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A British World War II Vickers medium machine gun platoon typically had one officer in command of four guns, in two sections of two, each with a crew and a small team of riflemen whose job was to protect the gun and keep it supplied with ammunition.
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Vickers in 1914, and the gun was unanimously approved by the board for the army under the designation "Vickers Machine Gun Model of 1915, Caliber .30, Water-Cooled". One hundred twenty-five guns were ordered from
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The breechblock assembly is roughly as high as the receiver of the gun. On its front face is the extractor block. Levers cause this to move up and down as the action is cycled. It has a slot with two grooves which allow the
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of the cartridge through a hole in the extractor block. It must therefore be retracted before the extractor block moves down as part of the loading cycle. Once retracted, the firing pin is held in a cocked position by a
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design), which eventually became the British Army's standard tank-mounted machine gun. However, the Vickers remained in service with the British Army until 30 March 1968. Its last operational use was in the
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unavailable, soldiers were known to resort to using their urine. It was sometimes claimed that crews would fire off a few rounds simply to heat their gun's cooling water to make
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and sometimes the "Balloon Buster", and was adopted by the Allies as a standard anti-balloon armament, used by both the British and French in this role until the end of the war.
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until the mid-1980s, when they were all relegated to reserve storage. Six were withdrawn from storage and reused by a South African liaison team operating with UNITA during the
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spitzer 'streamlined' bullet, could be used against targets at a range of approximately 4,500 yd (4,115 m). The bullet jackets were generally made of an alloy of
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rounds an hour due to the water-cooled barrel and hourly barrel swaps. One account states that a Vickers fired just under 5 million rounds in a week as a test in 1963 at
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produced under license .303 Vickers machine guns (240 were delivered before the Armistice) but most of the French aircraft Vickers machine guns were British-made.
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fixed to the body. Rearward movement of the floating action tips the cocking handle and unlocks the toggle. The recoil that unlocks the toggle is
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Production began in late 1917 with shipments to the Western Front in mid-1918. The first twelve divisions to reach France were given French
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to France in 1914, and in the years that followed, proved itself to be the most reliable weapon on the battlefield..."
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The larger calibre (half-inch) version of the Vickers was used on armoured fighting vehicles and naval vessels. The
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Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War : 1914â1920
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Several British bombers and attack aircraft of the Second World War mounted the
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military, called the Federal Army. Its main medium machine gun was the Vickers.
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2447:(in French). No. 180. Histoire & Collections. July 2000. p. 16.
749:) were also used among others in Poland, where 777 of them were converted to
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A .5-inch Mk. III, four-gun anti-aircraft mount and its crew on the cruiser
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723:, the Vickers was generally replaced by the faster-firing and more reliable
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2815:
François, Guy (April 2023). "Mitrailleuses et canons des avions français".
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King's African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917â18
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3429:. Collector Grade Publications. p. Part III, Chapter Seven, pp 188.
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Vickers gun set up for anti-aircraft purposes during the First World War.
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2284:â aircraft version of MG 08 which copied the upwards toggle from Vickers
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The gun was 3 feet 8 inches (112 cm) long and its cyclic
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Mobility Conquers: The Story Of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group 1978â2005
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The Mark IV and V guns were improvements on the Mark II. Intended for
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Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment in Malaya, 1941.
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Rear view of Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme.
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4411:(11th ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company.
2527:"The JVP's Military Battle for Power (The April 1971 Revolt â II)"
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was fitted with the weapon until production ended in August 1944.
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Vickers MG study: H 5529 (and the Vickers machine gun mechanism)
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Bloomfield, Lincoln P.; Leiss, Amelia Catherine (30 June 1967).
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The weapon had a reputation for great solidity and reliability.
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4,500 yd (4,115 m) indirect fire (.303 Mk. VIIIz ball)
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2670:"SIR L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS' STATEMENT. (Hansard, 15 March 1926)"
2357:
The Chaco War 1932-35: South America's greatest modern conflict
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Dorsal view of a Vickers gun showing fluted water-cooling tank.
1832:. Used some Australian or British-made .303 Vickers during the
1212:, which had a separate attachment sight with range calculator.
821:
The Vickers machine gun was produced, between the wars, as the
596:
In 1913, a Vickers machine gun was mounted on the experimental
568:. Its successor in UK service is the British L7 variant of the
3875:
Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla Mary, eds. (May 2008).
3659:
Armaments year-book : general and statistical information
3399:"The U.S. Colt Vickers Model of 1915 Water-Cooled Machine Gun"
1306:
mechanism. The firing pin, under spring tension, strikes the
1175:
3308:
Steenkamp, Willem; Helmoed-Römer, Heitman (September 2016).
2159:
British Vickers gunners in action in the Netherlands during
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trigger is tripped again and a further firing cycle occurs.
4362:
The Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land: The Vickers Machinegun
4103:
Thomas, Nigel; Caballero Jurado, Carlos (25 January 2002).
810:, some were used during the war on mounts on trucks by the
626:), increased to a twin-gun standard in later war fighters (
4490:
YouTube animation showing mechanism of Vickers machine gun
4309:. Wellington: Victoria University Press. pp. 66â69.
3058:
Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land, The: Vickers Machine Gun
3003:
Vickers Machine Gun Collection & Research Association
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of the cartridge to be held from each side, much like a
4223:
AnuĂĄrio de la Academia de Historia Militar del Paraguay
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3157:
2897:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012, Air Vanguard No. 6.
1110:
In British service, the Vickers gun fired the standard
1027:
Captain John S. Butler, Office of the Chief of Ordnance
921:(2,000 ordered by France in 1914 but only 52 delivered)
4307:
Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific
4107:. Men-at-Arms 363. Osprey Publishing. pp. 46â47.
4092:] (PhD thesis). University of Latvia. p. 225.
2411:
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2330:"So, once and for all, who did shoot Michael Collins?"
1913:
aircraft version, later rechambered in 7.92Ă57 mm
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bullets; the Vickers machine gun was chambered in the
3401:. Small Arms Review. 2 September 2022. Archived from
2054:: 12,125 Vickers were issued to the US Army in France
1828:
variant designated as M.23 machine gun, chambered in
1762:: Mk I and MK II (611 and 120 by April 1936) used by
1137:) ammunition and 2,525 ft/s (770 m/s) with
2386:
The Spanish Civil War 1936â39 (2): Republican Forces
455:
The Vickers machine gun was based on the successful
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2,525 ft/s (770 m/s) (.303 Mk. VIIIz ball)
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World War II infantry weapons of the United Kingdom
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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
2656:"MR. KELLAWay's STATEMENT. (Hansard, 24 June 1919)"
1885:, and later captured an unknown number from Bolivia
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National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
471:on 26 November 1912. There were shortages when the
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4365:. Cobourg, Ontario: Collector Grade Publications.
4200:. Men-at-Arms 486. Osprey Publishing. p. 44.
2781:The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain, 1903â1914
2388:. Men-at-Arms 498. Osprey Publishing. p. 38.
1252:assembly and working parts are forward. It has a
1141:ammunition. The Mark VIIIz cartridge, which had a
356:2,440 ft/s (744 m/s) (.303 Mk. VII ball)
5829:World War I infantry weapons of the United States
4196:Stack, Wayne; O'Sullivan, Barry (20 March 2013).
4105:Germany's Eastern Front Allies (2): Baltic Forces
3775:
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3030:[Italian machine guns of the Great War].
1204:was used to great effect against road junctions,
4480:British Vickers Gun tactics during the Great War
3138:Borderstrike! South Africa Into Angola 1975â1980
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3028:"Le mitragliatrici italiane della Grande Guerra"
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974:, after which the weapons were finally retired.
5040:SMLE No. 1 Mk III* & Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk.I
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3312:. Solihull: Helion & Company. p. 731.
2588:"The Vickers Gun - Britain's World War Warrior"
2512:
2427:
2253:Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
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3929:"FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: MACHINEGUNS PART 2"
3477:Tea, rum & fags: sustaining Tommy, 1914-18
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1102:imperial pints (4.3 L) of water in its
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4255:RomĂąnia Ăźn rÄzboiul mondial : 1916-1919
4229:. Academia de Historia Militar del Paraguay.
3996:. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 244.
3652:"British Empire/ Colonies and Protectorates"
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2881:".303-inch Mk II* - the Vickers Machine Gun"
2203:View of the breech of a Vickers gun showing
1057:M1915 guns from the USA inspected in England
447:A Vickers machine gun crew in action at the
4485:Spartacus Educational - Vickers machine gun
3994:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
3393:
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2944:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
2867:".303-inch Mk II â the Vickers Machine Gun"
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938:operate a Vickers gun during fighting near
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3087:Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936â42
2819:(in French). No. 145. pp. 27â38.
2103:British Vickers gun team in action at the
1640:used 17 Vickers guns captured during the
487:Vickers machine gun production during WWI
42:
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3032:Peaks and Trenches Historical Association
2833:, 15th ed, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2016,
2810:
2808:
2784:. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 126.
2384:de Quesada, Alejandro (20 January 2015).
2354:Alejandro de Quesada (20 November 2011).
3711:"Military gathering-007-ready to defend"
3513:"Range Tables - The Vickers Machine Gun"
3233:. Shiffer Publishing. pp. 115â116.
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2969:BroĆ strzelecka Wojska Polskiego 1918â39
2921:Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
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936:3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
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469:Gun, Machine, Mark I, Vickers, .303-inch
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4697:Nos. 3, 20, 24, 35 Hales rifle grenades
4556:Short Magazine LeeâEnfield (SMLE) rifle
4258:(in Romanian). Vol. I. p. 56.
3539:TAB Episode 52: Vickers Gun Disassembly
3079:
3077:
2817:Histoire de Guerre, Blindés et Matériel
2525:Somasundaram, Jayantha (6 April 2021).
2379:
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792:Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-inch, Mk. III
257:ÂŁ175 in 1914, ÂŁ80 in 1918, ~ÂŁ50 in 1926
5050:LeeâEnfield No.5 Mk.I "jungle carbine"
4270:"World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone"
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784:Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-inch, Mk. II
5209:Projector, 2œ-inch Mk. II "Northover"
5199:29 mm spigot mortar "Blacker Bombard"
5012:Smith & Wesson "Victory" revolver
4618:Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword
4289:"Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War"
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3231:Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940â1945
2443:"Indochine 1945-1954: Le Viet-Minh".
650:to allow it to fire through aircraft
7:
5824:World War I British infantry weapons
3813:Jowett, Philip (10 September 2010).
3788:Chartrand, René (15 December 2001).
3090:. Men-at-Arms 521. pp. 12, 21.
1298:The breechblock assembly houses the
660:Manufacture d'armes de ChĂątellerault
646:firing cycle made it much easier to
324:
270:33â51 lb (15â23 kg) all-up
4331:"WWII weapons in Yemen's civil war"
3427:The Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land
3357:from the original on 4 August 2020.
3187:Segel, Robert G. (6 January 2012).
1573:and supplied from Greece or Turkey
956:National Liberation Front of Angola
727:using metal-linked cartridges. The
59:A Vickers machine gun mounted on a
5794:Machine guns of the United Kingdom
5354:US infantry weapons of World War I
4991:Webley Mk IV & Mk VI Revolvers
4337:. 9 September 2018. Archived from
3946:Adams, Gregg (22 September 2016).
3255:"France â the Vickers Machine Gun"
3084:Lohnstein, Marc (23 August 2018).
2767:. London: HMSO. 1922. p. 479.
2610:. SyrianCivilWarMap. 12 May 2018.
2461:. 29 December 2017. Archived from
1958:: Vickers manufactured by Colt in
25:
5753:11mm Vickers aircraft machine gun
3721:from the original on 24 July 2024
3189:"U.S. Colt Vickers Model of 1915"
2724:"The Vickers gun accompanied the
2590:. The Armory Life. Archived from
2360:. Osprey Publishing. p. 33.
1458:Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
1232:The Vickers is a fully automatic
278:3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
5224:3-inch Mk. I OSB gun "Smith gun"
4551:Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE) rifle
3815:Chinese Warlord Armies 1911â1930
3060:. Collector Grade Publications.
2967:Konstankiewicz, Andrzej (1986),
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1107:important in arid environments.
1070:re-equip their forces after the
841:Vickers machine gun crew in the
363:Effective firing range
53:
5774:.30-06 Springfield machine guns
5247:British grenades of WWI and WW2
5002:Browning P-35 "Hi-Power" pistol
4585:Webley .455" Revolver Mk. IVâVI
3792:. Men-at-Arms 359. p. 14.
3790:Canadian Forces in World War II
2711:. London: Phoebus. p. 62.
2614:from the original on 1 May 2020
1865:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947â1948
638:), with exceptions such as the
5814:Weapons of the Philippine Army
5194:Rifle, anti-tank, .55 in, Boys
4600:Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
4380:Pegler, Martin (20 May 2013).
3691:. Hong Kong Baptist University
2559:Byrne, Ciaran (27 July 2016).
2259:Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
1834:Indonesian National Revolution
1571:Cypriot intercommunal violence
1538:Used by Ceylonese army in the
1236:firearm which is fired from a
1065:In service with the Home Guard
911:(licensed as the "fixed type"
669:than larger calibres carrying
449:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
371:Maximum firing range
197:Cypriot intercommunal violence
152:Indonesian National Revolution
1:
5229:No. 2 "Lifebuoy" flamethrower
4382:The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
3479:. History Press. p. 19.
2915:Rickard, J. (21 March 2007).
2265:Marlin M1917/1918 machine gun
1863:Used by Pakistan army in the
1424:Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
572:general purpose machine gun.
3425:Goldsmith, Dolph L. (1994).
1881:: owned 10 units before the
1192:for Vickers .303 machine gun
1043:Hotchkiss M1914 machine guns
1035:Colt's Manufacturing Company
683:Vickers aircraft machine gun
366:2,187 yd (2,000 m)
5384:Colt M1892 series revolvers
4359:Goldsmith, Dolf L. (1994).
4184:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
3860:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
3845:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
3689:"Vickers Heavy Machine Gun"
3383:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
3368:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
3212:In very small numbers with
3136:Steenkamp, Willem (2006) .
3110:In very small numbers with
3056:Goldsmith, Dolf L. (1994).
2947:. Metrobooks. p. 403.
2586:Suciu, Peter (4 May 2021).
2513:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
2488:. Men-at Arms 312. London:
2428:Bloomfield & Leiss 1967
2290:â Russian Maxim machine gun
1569:: possibly used during the
968:South African Defence Force
934:Australian soldiers of the
859:6.5Ă52mm MannlicherâCarcano
477:British Expeditionary Force
5860:
4628:Pattern 1908 cavalry sword
3451:"Vickers Mk.I machine gun"
3229:Mikesh, Robert C. (2004).
3193:Small Arms Defense Journal
3026:di Difilippo, Max (2006).
2709:Weapons & War Machines
2278:â German Maxim machine gun
2270:M1917 Browning machine gun
1642:South West Africa campaign
1104:evaporative cooling system
926:Service after World War II
760:
716:was added on the Mk. II*.
701:German aircraft ordnance.
656:William de Courcy Prideaux
428:Weapons & War Machines
108:
26:
5844:World War II machine guns
5819:World War I aircraft guns
5779:.303 British machine guns
5060:De Lisle Commando carbine
4590:Webley .455" Pistol Mk. I
4403:Smith, Joseph E. (1969).
4082:DambÄ«tis, KÄrlis (2016).
3952:. Combat 20. p. 61.
3883:. ABC-CLIO. p. 653.
2999:"The Vickers Machine Gun"
2893:Chorlton, Martyn (2012).
2642:spartacus-educational.com
2486:The Algerian War, 1954-62
2231:Vickers machine gun from
1826:East Indies colonial army
1771:Latvian Police Battalions
1240:. When ready to fire, a
1196:The Vickers was used for
972:Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
435:and came back for more."
301:
172:Indo-Pakistan War of 1947
167:Bangladesh Liberation War
83:Place of origin
52:
5834:World War I machine guns
5164:Charlton Automatic Rifle
4858:Vickers 1.57-inch mortar
3562:, accessed 14 July 2021.
3541:, accessed 14 July 2021.
3348:2027/uiug.30112064404368
2856:, retrieved 4 June 2018.
2484:Windrow, Martin (1997).
1944:: 200 Vickers in service
1090:Rimmed, centrefire Mk 7
753:cartridge in 1933â1937.
217:South African Border War
27:Not to be confused with
5664:Stationary machine guns
5100:M1921/M1928/M1 Thompson
4407:Small Arms of the World
4043:, pp. 464&467.
3583:, accessed 4 July 2021.
2895:Hawker Hurricane Mk I-V
2831:Cartridges of the World
2294:Schwarzlose machine gun
2247:Vickers .50 machine gun
2161:Operation Market Garden
1600:: 2,000 ordered in 1914
1114:cartridges used in the
812:Long Range Desert Group
763:Vickers .50 machine gun
714:muzzle flash suppressor
4453:The Aviation Historian
4272:. 2013. Archived from
3990:"Vickers machine-guns"
3776:League of Nations 1924
3764:League of Nations 1924
3752:League of Nations 1924
3740:League of Nations 1924
3676:League of Nations 1924
3415:Goldsmith 1994, p. 229
2941:Bishop, Chris (2002).
2163:. All are wearing the
1441:Somaliland Camel Corps
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1024:
1002:M1895 "potato diggers"
997:
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342:Rate of fire
5705:Portable machine guns
5523:Winchester Model 1912
5518:Winchester Model 1897
4965:British Commonwealth
4891:Leach trench catapult
4868:Garland trench mortar
4305:Capie, David (2004).
4053:Young, Peter (1972).
3988:Chris Bishop (2002).
3933:www.jaegerplatoon.net
2778:Driver, Hugh (1997).
1540:1971 JVP insurrection
1227:
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1089:
1064:
1056:
996:
983:1971 JVP insurrection
952:Union of South Africa
933:
836:
816:North Africa Campaign
770:
740:Vickers K machine gun
707:
583:
555:(British-built Czech
446:
411:, originally for the
382:250-round canvas belt
336:Recoil with gas boost
202:1971 JVP insurrection
177:1948 ArabâIsraeli War
63:. This example is at
33:Vickers K machine gun
31:light machine gun or
5748:QF 1-pounder pom-pom
5179:VickersâBerthier LMG
5147:other larger weapons
5123:Pattern 1913 bayonet
5118:Pattern 1907 bayonet
5045:Pattern 1914 Enfield
5007:M1911/M1911A1 pistol
4873:3-inch Stokes mortar
4863:2-inch medium mortar
4819:No. 32 "Spherical E"
4633:Pattern 1913 bayonet
4623:Pattern 1907 bayonet
4561:Pattern 1914 Enfield
4276:on 24 November 2016.
3665:. 1924. p. 126.
3475:Weeks, Alan (2009).
2687:1 April 2012 at the
2183:on the outskirts of
2165:Mk III Turtle helmet
1927:produced locally as
681:round, known as the
667:observation balloons
352:Muzzle velocity
346:450 to 500 round/min
47:Vickers machine gun
5799:Medium machine guns
5481:M1895 ColtâBrowning
4814:No. 32 Night Signal
4656:Vickers machine gun
3817:. Men-at-Arms 463.
3715:Gwulo Old Hong Kong
3257:. 13 December 2017.
2997:Fisher, Richard E.
2917:"Gloster Gladiator"
2883:. 23 November 2017.
2869:. 23 November 2017.
2107:. Both are wearing
2105:Battle of the Somme
1769:and by Nazi-allied
1220:Operating mechanism
962:(UNITA) during the
913:Type 89 machine gun
904:7.65Ă53mm Argentine
843:North West Frontier
839:British Indian Army
808:British light tanks
801:Motor Torpedo Boats
725:Browning Model 1919
488:
390:Vickers machine gun
162:First Indochina War
18:Vickers Machine Gun
5789:Early machine guns
5731:Heavy machine guns
5614:.30-06 Springfield
5533:Remington Model 10
5491:ColtâVickers M1915
5473:Heavy machine guns
5458:M1909 BenĂ©tâMerciĂ©
5440:Light machine guns
5219:ML 4.2-inch mortar
5204:SBML 2-inch mortar
4773:No. 21 "Spherical"
4528:small arms of the
4341:on 18 April 2023.
4186:, pp. 79, 89.
3821:. pp. 22â23.
3620:. 29 December 2017
3618:"Arms for freedom"
2537:on 29 January 2022
2459:"Arms for freedom"
2328:(22 August 2003).
2296:â Austro-Hungarian
2233:Polish Army Museum
1942:Kingdom of Romania
1806:
1437:British Somaliland
1230:
1194:
1167:
1131:Strensall Barracks
1099:
1072:Dunkirk evacuation
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1014:Lewis machine guns
1010:M1909 BenĂ©tâMerciĂ©
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989:ColtâVickers M1915
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894:.30-06 Springfield
864:6.5Ă50mmSR Arisaka
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417:Allied World War I
317:.30-06 Springfield
231:Production history
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5055:Ross Rifle Mk.III
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4883:Grenade launchers
4809:No. 31 Day Signal
4386:Osprey Publishing
4068:978-0-85045-084-2
4059:Osprey Publishing
4003:978-1-58663-762-0
3918:, pp. 32â33.
3890:978-1-85109-841-5
3828:978-1-84908-402-4
3819:Osprey Publishing
3663:League of Nations
3595:, pp. 48â49.
3319:978-1-911096-52-8
3147:978-1-920169-00-8
2954:978-1-58663-762-0
2903:978-1-78096-603-8
2839:978-1-4402-4642-5
2829:Frank C. Barnes,
2791:978-0-86193-234-4
2718:978-0-7026-0008-1
2594:on 26 March 2023.
2499:978-1-85532-658-3
2490:Osprey Publishing
2367:978-1-84908-901-2
2189:Operation Plunder
2090:Gallery of images
1727:for infantry and
1483:Southern Rhodesia
1454:British Hong Kong
964:Angolan Civil War
823:vz.09 machine gun
729:Gloster Gladiator
612:military aircraft
584:The cockpit of a
543:Machine Gun Corps
539:light machine gun
537:was adopted as a
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137:Spanish Civil War
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733:Fairey Swordfish
624:Sopwith Triplane
590:interrupter gear
553:Besa machine gun
492:1914 (Aug.âDec.)
489:
481:war profiteering
464:was also added.
451:, September 1917
379:Feed system
222:Syrian Civil War
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3975:, p. 450.
3965:
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3908:
3906:, p. 613.
3896:
3889:
3877:"Machine guns"
3864:
3862:, p. 863.
3849:
3847:, p. 861.
3834:
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3798:
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3778:, p. 196.
3768:
3766:, p. 185.
3756:
3754:, p. 173.
3744:
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3668:
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3631:
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3597:
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3519:. 4 July 2017.
3517:vickersmg.blog
3504:
3502:, pp. 70.
3492:
3486:978-0752450001
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3372:
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5174:Vickers MG
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4567:Ross Rifle
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4169:30 October
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