Vickers machine Gun
The Vickers machine gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled .303 British machine gun built by Vickers Limited. Originally it was used exclusively by the British Army. The machine gun required a six to eight-man team to operate: one fired, one fed the ammunition, the rest helped to carry the weapon, its ammunition and spare parts.
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The machine gun requires a six to eight man team to operate: one firing, one feeds the ammunition, the rest help to carry the weapon, its ammunition
and spare parts. This just shows how heavy Machine Guns where in the First World war.
It is one of the most iconic British Weapons ever to be created.
The Vickers Machine Gun was used in many variants of the British Tank in the First world war.
The Vickers Gun was one of the most reliable machine guns in the war if it was looked after. For example in August 1916, during which the British Army's 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns continuously for twelve hours. Using 100 new barrels, they fired a million rounds without a single failure. That is how reliable the Machine Gun is.
The variants used on fighter aircraft where air cooled to save weight as the aircraft of the day had just enough power to get off the ground.
Facts
The machine gun requires a six to eight man team to operate: one firing, one feeds the ammunition, the rest help to carry the weapon, its ammunition
and spare parts. This just shows how heavy Machine Guns where in the First World war.
It is one of the most iconic British Weapons ever to be created.
The Vickers Machine Gun was used in many variants of the British Tank in the First world war.
The Vickers Gun was one of the most reliable machine guns in the war if it was looked after. For example in August 1916, during which the British Army's 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns continuously for twelve hours. Using 100 new barrels, they fired a million rounds without a single failure. That is how reliable the Machine Gun is.
The variants used on fighter aircraft where air cooled to save weight as the aircraft of the day had just enough power to get off the ground.