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  2. Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Vickers .50 machine gun - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Medium machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The later model water-cooled Maxim gun and its derivatives (the MG 08 and the Vickers gun), as well as the American Browning Model 1917 machine gun, were all substantial weapons. The .303 inch Vickers, for example, weighed 33 lb (15 kg) alone and on its tripod mount the total weight was 50 lb (22.7 kg). The heavier designs could, and in some ...

  5. List of machine guns - Wikipedia

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    Vickers-Armstrongs: 12.7×81mm [8] Ammunition belt United Kingdom: 1932 Vickers-Berthier: Vickers-Armstrong Rifle Factory Ishapore: 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine United Kingdom: 1932 Vickers K machine gun (VGO) Vickers-Armstrong: 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Pan magazine United Kingdom: 1935 Vickers machine ...

  6. British hardened field defences of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Superficially, the type 28 resembles the smaller Vickers MMG emplacement, but the aperture is much larger and there is a very large rear entrance designed for ease of wheeling the gun in and out. The type 28A is an important and common variant – it is more common than the unmodified type 28.

  7. Machine Gun Corps - Wikipedia

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    An MGC gun team with their Vickers machine gun. Grave of H. Hemming, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry Branch), in Worcestershire. At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the tactical potential of machine guns was not appreciated by the British Armed Forces. The prevalent attitude of senior ranks at the outbreak of the Great War can be ...

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