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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Vickers K machine gun. 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For the machine gun, see <a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">Vickers machine gun</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Machine gun</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hproduct" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> Vickers Gas Operated </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg/300px-Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg/450px-Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg/600px-Vickers_K_cockpit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="607" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Used on a <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Battle" title="Fairey Battle">Fairey Battle</a> light bomber</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine gun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Designed</th><td class="infobox-data">1935</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Variants">See Variants</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">29.5 lb (13.4 kg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">37 in (0.93 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> length</th><td class="infobox-data">20.8 inches (529 mm)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">Calibre</a></th><td class="infobox-data">.303 in</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Action</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Gas operated</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">Rate of fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data">950-1,200 round/min</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">Muzzle velocity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,500 ft/s (760 m/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Feed system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pan_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan magazine">pan</a> 60/100 rounds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Sights</th><td class="infobox-data">Iron</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Vickers K machine gun</b>, known as the <b>Vickers Gas Operated</b> (Vickers G.O.) or <b>Gun, Machine, Vickers G.O. .303-inch</b> in British service, was a rapid-firing <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> developed and manufactured for use in aircraft by <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a>. The high rate of fire was needed for the short period of time when the gunner would be able to fire at an attacking aircraft. The weapon was adopted for land use during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg/220px-Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg/330px-Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg/440px-Vickers-K-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="1736" /></a><figcaption>A Vickers K machine gun without its pan magazine in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers K was a development of the <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Berthier" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickers-Berthier">Vickers-Berthier</a> (VB) <a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">light machine gun</a>, adopted in 1932 by the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">Indian Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weeks_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weeks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The VB, like the <a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">Bren light machine gun</a>, used a locking <a href="/wiki/Tilting_bolt" title="Tilting bolt">tilting breechblock</a>. Unlike the Bren, the VB locked its breech only at the last moment of forward travel.<sup id="cite_ref-Weeks_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weeks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With lighter moving parts and the VB locking design, the Vickers K had an adjustable rate of fire between 950 and 1,200 rounds per minute; faster than the German <a href="/wiki/MG34" class="mw-redirect" title="MG34">MG34</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weeks_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weeks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The weapon was adopted for British service as the VGO. It was test-flown with a large 300-round <a href="/wiki/Pan_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan magazine">pan magazine</a>, and beat the .303 Browning in reliability. However, the wide pan made it difficult to fit into fighter wings and would have interfered with wing structures. When the belt-fed <a href="/wiki/Browning_Model_1919_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning Model 1919 machine gun">Browning Mark II</a> was selected as the standard machine-gun armament for RAF aircraft, the VGO became redundant for the RAF. These guns found secondary use in many roles. It continued to be used by the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> until 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some were made in 7.7mm for the Belgians<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> before the war and at least one example of the ground variant survives in a Brussels museum.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="VGO_No.1_Mk.1.">VGO No.1 Mk.1.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: VGO No.1 Mk.1."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Vickers class K/Vickers G.O. machine gun is a gas-operated weapon, firing from an open bolt (thus making it non-<a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">synchronizable</a> for firing through a spinning propeller<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) in full automatic mode only. Its gas cylinder is located below the barrel, and a long-stroke gas piston operates a vertically tilting bolt. Feed is from top-mounted flat pan magazines with a nominal capacity of 100 rounds, although it was customary to load only 96 or 97 rounds to ensure reliable feeding. The gun is fitted with a single spade grip at the rear of receiver, with trigger to control fire. In ground use, it was normally <a href="/wiki/Weapon_mount" title="Weapon mount">mounted</a> on single or twin <a href="/wiki/Pintle" title="Pintle">pintle</a> mounts on various jeeps and trucks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vickers_GO_No.2_Mk.1_Land_Service">Vickers GO No.2 Mk.1 Land Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vickers GO No.2 Mk.1 Land Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally intended for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF airfield defence units</a>, these guns were remanufactured from original Vickers G.O. No.1 Mk.1 aircraft guns. A number of these ‘Vickers G.O. Land Service’ machine guns found their way to a variety of British commando and reconnaissance units which operated in Europe during 1944 and 1945. The Land variant has the spade grip replaced with a "semi bullpup" short stock at the rear and a pistol grip with trigger below the receiver. A short forend or a folding carrying handle are added below the gas cylinder, and a folding bipod is attached to the gas block. New iron sights are provided on folding bases. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vickers_G.O._Camera_Gun">Vickers G.O. Camera Gun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vickers G.O. Camera Gun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A camera gun version was made for training. The body was of cast metal. The grip and trigger mechanism were realistic. Gunners in training exposed film when "shooting" at attacking aircraft and these images were analysed later. This was a technique developed in World War I with Lewis Camera Guns.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combat_use">Combat use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_K_machine_gun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Combat use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg/220px-Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg/330px-Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg/440px-Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2186" data-file-height="1949" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">SAS</a> returning from a 1943 patrol in North Africa with their twin-mounted Vickers K machine guns.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command,_1939-1945._CH637.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg/220px-Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg/330px-Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg/440px-Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH637.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Beaufort L4461 'OA-J', of <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron RAF</a>. The turret has a Vickers K machine gun; for protection against beam attacks, another K gun is mounted in the port entry hatch.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers K was fitted to light and medium bombers in RAF service such as the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Battle" title="Fairey Battle">Fairey Battle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Hampden" title="Handley Page Hampden">Handley Page Hampden</a>. It was also used in <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_gun_turret" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft gun turret">gun turrets</a>, such as the dorsal turret in the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a>, the nose turret in the <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley" title="Armstrong Whitworth Whitley">Armstrong Whitworth Whitley</a> and the rear of the cockpit in the Fairey Battle. It was the standard <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> Fleet Air Arm "Telegraphist Air Gunner" machine gun, on British built carrier (Torpedo Strike Reconnaissance) aircraft - the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Albacore" title="Fairey Albacore">Fairey Albacore</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Barracuda" title="Fairey Barracuda">Fairey Barracuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As supplies of air-cooled .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns increased the Vickers G.O. was phased out of use with the RAF. These machine guns were then reallocated from RAF stocks to units of the British and Commonwealth armies. The gun continued in service with the Fleet Air Arm and its last recorded use by the navy was by <a href="/wiki/812_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="812 Naval Air Squadron">812 Squadron</a> RNAS Barracudas in anti piracy patrols off Hong Kong in October 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_(LRDG)_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck,_May_1942._E12410.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg/220px-A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg/330px-A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg/440px-A_member_of_a_Long_Range_Desert_Group_%28LRDG%29_patrol_poses_with_a_Vickers_%27K%27_Gas-operated_machine_gun_on_a_Chevrolet_30-cwt_truck%2C_May_1942._E12410.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A member of a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol poses with a Vickers 'K' Gas-operated machine gun on a Chevrolet 30-cwt truck, May 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Long_Range_Desert_Group" title="Long Range Desert Group">Long Range Desert Group</a> was supplied with large numbers of the Vickers G.O. for use on its vehicles. They were used in single or custom built twin mountings. The <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a> adopted it for their hit and run tactics, mounting it in pairs on their jeeps. Over the years, it was assumed by some that the latter services took the phased-out VGO because they could obtain no other suitable machine guns but with its high rate of fire and low-friction locking design (which proved resistant to jams from sand), the LRDG and SAS found the G.O. markedly superior to either the .303 in (7.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">water-cooled Vickers</a> or the Bren gun.<sup id="cite_ref-Weeks_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weeks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a similar manner, the Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron of the <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_Corps" title="Reconnaissance Corps">Reconnaissance Corps</a> mounted the VGO on jeeps when they were attached to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne Division</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market-Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Market-Garden">Operation Market-Garden</a> in September 1944. <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">Royal Marine and Army Commandos</a> used the VGO for infantry support/<a href="/wiki/Squad_automatic_weapon" title="Squad automatic weapon">squad automatic weapon</a> briefly around <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">D-Day</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy</a>, the Vickers K began to replace the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a> on board <a href="/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boats" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Torpedo Boats">Motor Torpedo Boats</a>, <a 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