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Weapons · United Kingdom · 1912-1945

Vickers machine gun

medium/heavy machine gun

A water-cooled, belt-fed heavy machine gun carried over from the First World War, the Vickers was renowned for its almost legendary reliability, capable of firing continuously for hours in sustained-fire support roles that the lighter, air-cooled Bren could not match.

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caliber.303 British
capacity250-round belt
rate of fire~500 rounds/min
produced71,355 in Britain in the First World War alone

Western Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa, Pacific, China, Burma and India

Standard Vickers machine gun with tripod mount and associated ammunition belt, ammunition box plus petrol can (as a condenser can) with hose. The Vickers Gun was the standard British machine gun from 1912. It was heavy a
Standard Vickers machine gun with tripod mount and associated ammunition belt, ammunition box plus petrol can (as a condenser can) with hose. The Vickers Gun was the standard British machine gun from 1912. It was heavy a · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
British Vickers machine gun, shown set up for anti-aircraft purposes. Photographed circa 1914-1918. Original image cropped and clean up somewhat.
British Vickers machine gun, shown set up for anti-aircraft purposes. Photographed circa 1914-1918. Original image cropped and clean up somewhat. · Public domain · source
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945 : British commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade man two Vickers machine guns in the shattered outskirts of Wesel. Th
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945 : British commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade man two Vickers machine guns in the shattered outskirts of Wesel. ThNo 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Norris (Sgt) · Public domain · source