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The Vickers K machine gun, known as the Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers G.O.) or Gun, Machine, Vickers G.O. .303-inch in British service, was a rapid-firing machine gun developed and manufactured for use in aircraft by Vickers-Armstrongs. The high rate of fire was needed for the short period of time when the gunner would be able to fire at an ...
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and operate it: one fired, one fed the ammunition, the others helped to carry the weapon, its ammunition, and ...
The Vickers .5 inch machine gun (officially "Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-in") also known as the Vickers .50 was a large-calibre British automatic weapon. The gun was commonly used as a close-in anti-aircraft weapon on Royal Navy and Allied ships, typically in a four-gun mounting (UK) or two-gun mounting (Dutch), as well as tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles.
It became the standard machine gun of the British Empire and Commonwealth, serving for some 50 years in the British Army. Vickers produced the machine gun in dozens of cartridge sizes and sold it all over the world. They also scaled it up to larger calibres, particularly for the Royal Navy as the 0.5 inch model. Vickers' 75mm mountain gun (1900)
There were other Vickers machine guns aside from the regular water-cooled model (known universally as the "Vickers"): the Vickers-Berthier (VB) machine gun used by the Indian Army, the Vickers "K" .303 aircraft machine gun developed from it, and the Vickers "S" 40 mm aircraft gun. An unusual machine gun also made was the Vickers Higson. [6 ...
Armament was a single synchronised Vickers machine gun. [2] [3] Side view. The prototype FB.16 made its maiden flight during 1916, [4] but testing showed that the pilot had a poor view, and the engine was prone to overheating. The aircraft was modified by removing the cowling to improve cooling and cutting down the fuselage behind the cockpit ...
V. Valentine tank; Valiant tank; HMS Vanguard (1909) HMS Vengeance (1899) Vickers .50 machine gun; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Vickers 40 mm Class S gun; Vickers A1E1 Independent
Apart from India, it was sold only to Latvia and Bolivia, [12] but the design was modified into the Vickers K machine gun, for aircraft use called the Vickers Gas Operated (VGO). [8] In Indian service, it was replaced from 1942 by Brens [13] but continued to serve with reserve units of the Indian Army into the 1980s. [1]