CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"5d061f65-8af1-4aa4-b088-fc4150be27bd","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Vickers_machine_gun","wgTitle":"Vickers machine gun","wgCurRevisionId":1275074387,"wgRevisionId":1275074387,"wgArticleId":647603,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["CS1 French-language sources (fr)","Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with Polish-language sources (pl)","CS1 Italian-language sources (it)","CS1: long volume value","CS1 Malay-language sources (ms)","CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)","CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)","CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro)","Use dmy dates from May 2017","Use British English from May 2017","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata", "All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from October 2018","All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases","Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from June 2022","Commons link is on Wikidata",".30-06 Springfield machine guns",".303 British machine guns","Aircraft guns","Early machine guns","Machine guns of the United Kingdom","Medium machine guns","Tank guns","Vickers","Weapons of the Philippine Army","World War I aircraft guns","World War I British infantry weapons","World War I infantry weapons of the United States","World War I machine guns","World War II infantry weapons of the United Kingdom","World War II machine guns"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Vickers_machine_gun","wgRelevantArticleId":647603,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":60000,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q754800","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={ "ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","mediawiki.page.gallery.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader" ,"ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cmediawiki.page.gallery.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.16"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/1200px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="728"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/800px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="485"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="388"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Vickers_machine_gun rootpage-Vickers_machine_gun skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="n-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Vickers+machine+gun" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Vickers+machine+gun" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Vickers+machine+gun" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Vickers+machine+gun" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Use_in_aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_in_aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Use in aircraft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_in_aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_in_armored_vehicles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_in_armored_vehicles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Use in armored vehicles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_in_armored_vehicles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Variants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Variants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Foreign service</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Service_after_World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Service_after_World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Service after World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Service_after_World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colt–Vickers_M1915" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colt–Vickers_M1915"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>Colt–Vickers M1915</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colt–Vickers_M1915-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Specifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operating_mechanism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operating_mechanism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Operating mechanism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operating_mechanism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Users"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Users</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Users-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery_of_images" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery_of_images"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Gallery of images</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery_of_images-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Weapons of comparable role, performance and era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Vickers machine gun</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 32 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-32" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">32 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers-masjiengeweer" title="Vickers-masjiengeweer – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Vickers-masjiengeweer" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikkers_pulemyotu" title="Vikkers pulemyotu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikkers pulemyotu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81" title="Тежка картечница Викерс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тежка картечница Викерс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(mitraljez)" title="Vickers (mitraljez) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vickers (mitraljez)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metralladora_Vickers" title="Metralladora Vickers – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Metralladora Vickers" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(kulomet)" title="Vickers (kulomet) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vickers (kulomet)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_maskingev%C3%A6r" title="Vickers maskingevær – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vickers maskingevær" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers-Maschinengewehr" title="Vickers-Maschinengewehr – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vickers-Maschinengewehr" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(kuulipilduja)" title="Vickers (kuulipilduja) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vickers (kuulipilduja)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ametralladora_Vickers" title="Ametralladora Vickers – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ametralladora Vickers" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="مسلسل ویکرز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسلسل ویکرز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse_Vickers" title="Mitrailleuse Vickers – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mitrailleuse Vickers" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(mitragliatrice)" title="Vickers (mitragliatrice) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vickers (mitragliatrice)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A2_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="מקלע ויקרס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מקלע ויקרס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_g%C3%A9ppuska" title="Vickers géppuska – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vickers géppuska" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%97%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%85%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B1%E1%80%94%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA" title="ဗစ်ကာစ် စက်သေနတ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဗစ်ကာစ် စက်သေနတ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_M.18" title="Vickers M.18 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vickers M.18" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E9%87%8D%E6%A9%9F%E9%96%A2%E9%8A%83" title="ヴィッカース重機関銃 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴィッカース重機関銃" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_MG" title="Vickers MG – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vickers MG" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karabin_maszynowy_Vickers" title="Karabin maszynowy Vickers – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Karabin maszynowy Vickers" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(metralhadora)" title="Vickers (metralhadora) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vickers (metralhadora)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitralier%C4%83_Vickers" title="Mitralieră Vickers – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mitralieră Vickers" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D1%82)" title="Виккерс (пулемёт) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Виккерс (пулемёт)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Vickers machine gun" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(mitraljez)" title="Vickers (mitraljez) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vickers (mitraljez)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%99%D0%B5%D0%B7)" title="Викерс (митраљез) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Викерс (митраљез)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers-konekiv%C3%A4%C3%A4ri" title="Vickers-konekivääri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vickers-konekivääri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickerskulspruta" title="Vickerskulspruta – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Vickerskulspruta" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(makineli_silah)" title="Vickers (makineli silah) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vickers (makineli silah)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_(%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Vickers (кулемет) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Vickers (кулемет)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BAng_m%C3%A1y_Vickers" title="Súng máy Vickers – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Súng máy Vickers" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B6%AD%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%E6%A9%9F%E6%A7%8D" title="維克斯機槍 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="維克斯機槍" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q754800#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Vickers_machine_gun" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Vickers_machine_gun" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Vickers_machine_gun" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&oldid=1275074387" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Vickers_machine_gun&id=1275074387&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVickers_machine_gun"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVickers_machine_gun"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Vickers_machine_gun&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q754800" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <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">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Vickers%E2%80%93Berthier" title="Vickers–Berthier">Vickers–Berthier</a> light machine gun or <a href="/wiki/Vickers_K_machine_gun" title="Vickers K machine gun">Vickers K machine gun</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Heavy 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 machine gun </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_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5170" data-file-height="3135" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A Vickers machine gun mounted on a <a href="/wiki/Tripod" title="Tripod">tripod</a>. This example is at <a href="/wiki/York_Castle_Museum" title="York Castle Museum">York Castle Museum</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy 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_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">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">In service</th><td class="infobox-data">1912–1968</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="#Users">Users</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler20135_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler20135-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaco_War" title="Chaco War">Chaco War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Chaco_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaco-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Spain_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spain-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201349-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967769_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967769-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Viet_Minh_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet_Minh-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistan_War_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistan War of 1947">Indo-Pakistan War of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201349-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201349-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_War" title="Algerian War">Algerian War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Algeria_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Algeria-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_intercommunal_violence" title="Cypriot intercommunal violence">Cypriot intercommunal violence</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967854_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967854-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">1971 JVP insurrection</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Crisis" title="Congo Crisis">Congo Crisis</a><sup id="cite_ref-Congo_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congo-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Emergency" title="Aden Emergency">Aden Emergency</a><sup id="cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armoryvickers-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Border_War" title="South African Border War">South African Border War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></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">1912</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vickers" title="Vickers">Vickers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Unit cost</th><td class="infobox-data">£175 in 1914,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> £80 in 1918,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ~£50 in 1926<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">33–51 lb (15–23 kg) all-up</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">3 ft 8 in (1.12 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">28 in (720 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data">3</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">.30-06 Springfield</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/11mm_Vickers" class="mw-redirect" title="11mm Vickers">11mm Vickers</a></li><li><a href="#Foreign_service">others</a></li></ul></div></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">Recoil with gas boost</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">450 to 500 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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>2,440 ft/s (744 m/s) (.303 Mk. VII ball)</li><li>2,525 ft/s (770 m/s) (.303 Mk. VIIIz ball)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Effective firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">2,187 yd (2,000 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Maximum firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">4,500 yd (4,115 m) indirect fire (.303 Mk. VIIIz ball)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Feed system</th><td class="infobox-data">250-round canvas belt</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Vickers machine gun</b> or <b>Vickers gun</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Water_cooling" title="Water cooling">water-cooled</a> <a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a> (7.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Limited" title="Vickers Limited">Vickers Limited</a>, originally for the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. 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 spare parts.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was in service from before the First World War until the 1960s, with air-cooled versions of it on many <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied World War I</a> <a href="/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I" title="Aviation in World War I">fighter aircraft</a>. </p><p>The weapon had a reputation for great solidity and reliability. <a href="/wiki/Ian_V._Hogg" title="Ian V. Hogg">Ian V. Hogg</a>, in <i>Weapons & War Machines</i>, describes an action that took place in August 1916, during which the British 100th Company of the <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> fired their ten Vickers guns to deliver sustained fire for twelve hours. Using 100 barrels, they fired a million rounds without breakdowns. "It was this absolute foolproof reliability which endeared the Vickers to every British soldier who ever fired one. It never broke down; it just kept on firing and came back for more."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg/220px-Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg/330px-Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg/440px-Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3433" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>A Vickers machine gun crew in action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Menin_Road_Ridge" title="Battle of the Menin Road Ridge">Battle of the Menin Road Ridge</a>, September 1917</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers machine gun was based on the successful <a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a> of the late 19th century. After purchasing the Maxim company outright in 1896, Vickers took the design of the Maxim gun and improved it, inverting the mechanism as well as reducing its weight by lightening and simplifying the action and using high strength alloys for certain components. A <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_booster" title="Muzzle booster">muzzle booster</a> was also added. </p><p>The British Army formally adopted the Vickers gun as its standard machine gun under the name <i>Gun, Machine, Mark I, Vickers, .303-inch</i> on 26 November 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201328_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201328-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were shortages when the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> began, and the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> was still equipped with Maxims when sent to France in 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201329_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201329-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vickers was threatened with prosecution for <a href="/wiki/War_profiteering" title="War profiteering">war profiteering</a>, due to the exorbitant price demanded for each gun.<sup id="cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armoryvickers-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the price was much reduced. As the war progressed, and numbers increased, it became the British Army's primary machine gun, and was used on all fronts during the conflict. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Vickers machine gun production during WWI<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>1914 (Aug.–Dec.)</th> <th>1915</th> <th>1916</th> <th>1917</th> <th>1918</th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>266</td> <td>2,405</td> <td>7,429</td> <td>21,782</td> <td>39,473</td> <td>71,355 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Gun">Lewis Gun</a> was adopted as a <a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">light machine gun</a> and issued to infantry units, the Vickers guns were redefined as heavy machine guns, withdrawn from infantry units, and grouped in the hands of the new <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> (when heavier 0.5 in/12.7 mm calibre machine guns appeared, the tripod-mounted, rifle-calibre machine guns such as the Vickers were further re-classified as "medium machine guns"). After the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was disbanded and the Vickers returned to infantry units. </p><p>Before the Second World War, there were plans to replace the Vickers gun as part of a widescale change from rimmed to rimless rounds; one of the contenders was the <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92mm</a> <a href="/wiki/Besa_machine_gun" title="Besa machine gun">Besa machine gun</a> (British-built Czech <a href="/wiki/ZB-53" title="ZB-53">ZB-53</a> design), which eventually became the British Army's standard tank-mounted machine gun. However, the Vickers remained in service with the British Army until 30 March 1968. Its last operational use was in the <a href="/wiki/Radfan" title="Radfan">Radfan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Aden_Emergency" title="Aden Emergency">Aden Emergency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armoryvickers-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its successor in UK service is the British L7 variant of the <a href="/wiki/FN_MAG" title="FN MAG">FN MAG</a> general purpose machine gun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_in_aircraft">Use in aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Use in aircraft"><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_Challenger_synchroniser_(Bristol_Scout).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg/260px-Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg/390px-Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg/520px-Vickers_Challenger_synchroniser_%28Bristol_Scout%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1977" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption>The cockpit of a <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Scout" title="Bristol Scout">Bristol Scout</a> biplane in 1916, showing a Vickers machine gun synchronised to fire through the propeller by an early Vickers-Challenger <a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">interrupter gear</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1913, a Vickers machine gun was mounted on the experimental <a href="/wiki/Vickers_E.F.B.1" title="Vickers E.F.B.1">Vickers E.F.B.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Biplane" title="Biplane">biplane</a>, which was probably the world's first purpose-built combat aeroplane. However, by the time the production version, the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5" title="Vickers F.B.5">Vickers F.B.5</a>, had entered service the following year, the armament had been changed to a Lewis gun.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During World War I, the Vickers gun became a standard weapon on British and French <a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">military aircraft</a>, especially after 1916, initially in a single gun configuration (<a href="/wiki/Nieuport_17" title="Nieuport 17">Nieuport 17</a>, <a href="/wiki/SPAD_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAD VII">SPAD VII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Triplane" title="Sopwith Triplane">Sopwith Triplane</a>), increased to a twin-gun standard in later war fighters (<a href="/wiki/Nieuport_28" title="Nieuport 28">Nieuport 28</a>, <a href="/wiki/SPAD_XIII" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAD XIII">SPAD XIII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Camel" title="Sopwith Camel">Sopwith Camel</a>), with exceptions such as the <a href="/wiki/S.E.5" class="mw-redirect" title="S.E.5">S.E.5</a>, which had a single synchronized Vickers and a Lewis gun mounted above the upper wing. Although heavier than the Lewis, its <a href="/wiki/Closed_bolt" title="Closed bolt">closed bolt</a> firing cycle made it much easier to <a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">synchronise</a> to allow it to fire through aircraft <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller (aircraft)">propellers</a>. The belt feed was enclosed right up to the gun's feed-way to inhibit the effect of wind. Steel disintegrating-link ammunition belts were perfected in the UK by <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_de_Courcy_Prideaux&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William de Courcy Prideaux (page does not exist)">William de Courcy Prideaux</a> in mid-war and became standard for aircraft guns thereafter. From 1917 to 1919, French <a href="/wiki/Manufacture_d%27armes_de_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault">Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault</a> produced under license .303 Vickers machine guns (240 were delivered before the Armistice) but most of the French aircraft Vickers machine guns were British-made.<sup id="cite_ref-GBM145_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBM145-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1917 it had been determined that standard rifle calibre cartridges were less satisfactory for shooting down <a href="/wiki/Observation_balloon" title="Observation balloon">observation balloons</a> than larger calibres carrying <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_ammunition" title="Incendiary ammunition">incendiary</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tracer_ammunition" title="Tracer ammunition">tracer</a> bullets; the Vickers machine gun was chambered in the <a href="/wiki/11mm_Vickers" class="mw-redirect" title="11mm Vickers">11mm Vickers</a> round, known as the <i>Vickers aircraft machine gun</i> and sometimes the "Balloon Buster", and was adopted by the Allies as a standard anti-balloon armament, used by both the British and French in this role until the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IWM_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWM-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The famous <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Camel" title="Sopwith Camel">Sopwith Camel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/SPAD_XIII" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAD XIII">SPAD XIII</a> types used twin synchronized Vickers, as did most British and French fighters between 1918 and the mid-1930s. In the air, the weighty water-cooling system was rendered redundant by low temperatures at high altitude and the constant stream of air passing over the gun (and lack of any need for sustained fire such as employed by ground troops); but because the weapon relied on boosted barrel recoil, the (empty) water-holding barrel jacket or casing was retained. Several sets of louvered slots were cut into the barrel jacket to aid air cooling, a better solution than that which had initially been attempted with the 1915-vintage <a href="/wiki/MG_08#Aircraft_versions" title="MG 08">lMG 08</a> German aircraft ordnance. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:From_a_B_To_Officer._a_B_Jack_Rupert_Boulton,_One_of_Thousands_Promoted_From_the_Lower_Deck_To_Meet_the_War-time_Demand_of_Britain%27s_Great_and_Expanding_Navy._Boulton,_a_Dorsetman,_Redheaded_and_6_Ft_Tall,_Was_A16402.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/From_a_B_To_Officer._a_B_Jack_Rupert_Boulton%2C_One_of_Thousands_Promoted_From_the_Lower_Deck_To_Meet_the_War-time_Demand_of_Britain%27s_Great_and_Expanding_Navy._Boulton%2C_a_Dorsetman%2C_Redheaded_and_6_Ft_Tall%2C_Was_A16402.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/From_a_B_To_Officer._a_B_Jack_Rupert_Boulton%2C_One_of_Thousands_Promoted_From_the_Lower_Deck_To_Meet_the_War-time_Demand_of_Britain%27s_Great_and_Expanding_Navy._Boulton%2C_a_Dorsetman%2C_Redheaded_and_6_Ft_Tall%2C_Was_A16402.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/From_a_B_To_Officer._a_B_Jack_Rupert_Boulton%2C_One_of_Thousands_Promoted_From_the_Lower_Deck_To_Meet_the_War-time_Demand_of_Britain%27s_Great_and_Expanding_Navy._Boulton%2C_a_Dorsetman%2C_Redheaded_and_6_Ft_Tall%2C_Was_A16402.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="579" /></a><figcaption>Vickers Mk. II* or III in naval anti-aircraft service during WWII in the Mediterranean</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1918 the slotted modified original barrel jacket was replaced with a slimmer jacket on the Mk. II version,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1927 a <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_flash_suppressor" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle flash suppressor">muzzle flash suppressor</a> was added on the Mk. II*.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the machine gun armament of US and UK fighter aircraft moved from the fuselage to the wings in the years before <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Vickers was generally replaced by the faster-firing and more reliable<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">Browning Model 1919</a> using metal-linked cartridges. The <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a> was the last RAF fighter to be armed with the Vickers, later replaced by Brownings.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> was fitted with the weapon until production ended in August 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several British bombers and attack aircraft of the Second World War mounted the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_K_machine_gun" title="Vickers K machine gun">Vickers K machine gun</a> or VGO, a completely different design, resembling the Lewis gun in external appearance. </p><p>Vickers machine guns, designated as models E (pilot's) and F (observer's, fed from a <a href="/wiki/Pan_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan magazine">pan magazine</a>) were also used among others in Poland, where 777 of them were converted to <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a> cartridge in 1933–1937.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_in_armored_vehicles">Use in armored vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use in armored vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The water-cooled Vickers Mark VI, Mark VI* and Mark VII were versions of the Mark I for use in tanks. They were introduced in 1936 and declared obsolete in 1944 (though they and the vehicles they were installed in were still in reserve use until the 1960s). They could be installed with either a left-hand or right-hand feed block. The Mark VI and VI* Tank Patterns were conversions of old stock Mark Is while the Mark VII Tank Pattern was new production. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variants">Variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vickers_.50_machine_gun" title="Vickers .50 machine gun">Vickers .50 machine gun</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_London_gun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_London_gun.jpg/220px-HMS_London_gun.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_London_gun.jpg/330px-HMS_London_gun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_London_gun.jpg/440px-HMS_London_gun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>A .5-inch Mk. III, four-gun anti-aircraft mount and its crew on the cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_London_(69)" title="HMS London (69)">HMS <i>London</i></a> in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>The larger calibre (half-inch) version of the Vickers was used on armoured fighting vehicles and naval vessels. The <i>Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-inch, Mk. II</i> was used in tanks, the earlier Mark I having been the development model. This entered service in 1933 and was obsolete in 1944. Firing either single shot or automatic it had a pistol type trigger grip rather than the spades of the 0.303 in (7.7 mm) weapon. </p><p>The <i>Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-inch, Mk. III</i> was used as an anti-aircraft gun on British ships.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg.org.uk-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This variation was typically four guns mounted on a 360° rotating and (+80° to −10°) elevating housing. The belts were rolled into a spiral and placed in hoppers beside each gun. The heavy plain bullet weighed 1.3 oz (37 g) and was good for 1,500 yd (1,400 m) range. Maximum rate of fire for the Mark III was about 700 rpm from a 200-round belt carried in a drum. They were fitted from the 1920s onwards, but in practical terms, proved of little use. During the Second World War, the naval 0.5 in (12.7 mm) version was also mounted on power-operated turrets in smaller watercraft, such as <a href="/wiki/Motor_Gun_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Gun Boat">Motor Gun Boats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Torpedo Boat">Motor Torpedo Boats</a>. </p><p>The Mark IV and V guns were improvements on the Mark II. Intended for <a href="/wiki/Light_tanks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Light tanks of the United Kingdom">British light tanks</a>, some were used during the war on mounts on trucks by the <a href="/wiki/Long_Range_Desert_Group" title="Long Range Desert Group">Long Range Desert Group</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa Campaign">North Africa Campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg.org.uk-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Vickers machine gun was produced, between the wars, as the <b>vz.09 machine gun</b>.<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. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_service">Foreign service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign service"><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:Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section,_North_West_Frontier,_India,_1940_(c).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg/170px-Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg/255px-Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg/340px-Indian_Army_Vickers_machine_gun_section%2C_North_West_Frontier%2C_India%2C_1940_%28c%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> Vickers machine gun crew in the <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North West Frontier</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>, 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers was widely sold commercially and saw service with many nations and their own particular ammunition. It was also modified for each country and served as a base for many other weapons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (June 2022)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> For example: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9752mm_Mannlicher%E2%80%93Carcano" class="mw-redirect" title="6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano">6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano</a><sup id="cite_ref-Italy_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9750mmSR_Arisaka" title="6.5×50mmSR Arisaka">6.5×50mmSR Arisaka</a><sup id="cite_ref-goldsmith_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldsmith-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9753mmR" title="6.5×53mmR">6.5×53mmR</a><sup id="cite_ref-KNIL_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNIL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7×57mm Mauser">7×57mm Mauser</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.280_British" title=".280 British">.280 British</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201349-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.5%C3%9755mm_Swiss" title="7.5×55mm Swiss">7.5×55mm Swiss</a><sup id="cite_ref-goldsmith_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldsmith-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a><sup id="cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">.30-06 Springfield</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201333_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201333-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a><sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.65%C3%9753mm_Argentine" class="mw-redirect" title="7.65×53mm Argentine">7.65×53mm Argentine</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.7%C3%9758mm_Arisaka" title="7.7×58mm Arisaka">7.7×58mm Arisaka</a> (licensed as the "fixed type" <a href="/wiki/Type_89_machine_gun" title="Type 89 machine gun">Type 89 machine gun</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-jae_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jae-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8mm_Lebel" class="mw-redirect" title="8mm Lebel">8mm Lebel</a> (2,000 ordered by France in 1914<sup id="cite_ref-vickersmg-france_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vickersmg-france-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but only 52 delivered)<sup id="cite_ref-GBM145_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBM145-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Service_after_World_War_II">Service after World War II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Service after World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/220px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/330px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/440px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Australian soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a> operate a Vickers gun during fighting near <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chipyong-ni" title="Battle of Chipyong-ni">Chipyong-ni</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, February 1951<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a> retained a large inventory of surplus Vickers machine guns after World War II. Many of these were donated to the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_of_Angola" title="National Liberation Front of Angola">National Liberation Front of Angola</a> (FNLA) and <a href="/wiki/National_Union_for_the_Total_Independence_of_Angola" class="mw-redirect" title="National Union for the Total Independence of Angola">National Union for the Total Independence of Angola</a> (UNITA) during the <a href="/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War" title="Angolan Civil War">Angolan Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Angolan militants were usually trained in their use by South African advisers.<sup id="cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Small quantities re-chambered for 7.62 mm NATO ammunition remained in active service with the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Defence_Force" title="South African Defence Force">South African Defence Force</a> until the mid-1980s, when they were all relegated to reserve storage.<sup id="cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six were withdrawn from storage and reused by a South African liaison team operating with UNITA during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cuito_Cuanavale" title="Battle of Cuito Cuanavale">Battle of Cuito Cuanavale</a>, after which the weapons were finally retired.<sup id="cite_ref-Mobility_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mobility-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-1960s, the Vickers machine gun remained in service in countries such as India,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israel<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967706_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967706-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It saw action with the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Army">Ceylon Army</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">1971 JVP insurrection</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Colt–Vickers_M1915"><span id="Colt.E2.80.93Vickers_M1915"></span>Colt–Vickers M1915</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Colt–Vickers M1915"><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:111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg/220px-111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg/330px-111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg/440px-111-SC-24659_-_NARA_-_55208929.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8346" data-file-height="5673" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>By the early 1900s, the U.S. military had a mixed collection of automatic machine guns in use that included <a href="/wiki/M1895_Colt%E2%80%93Browning_machine_gun" title="M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun">M1895 "potato diggers"</a>, 287 <a href="/wiki/Maxim_machine_gun#American_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Maxim machine gun">M1904 Maxims</a>, 670 <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1909_Benet%E2%80%93Mercie_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotchkiss M1909 Benet–Mercie machine gun">M1909 Benét–Mercié</a> guns, and 353 <a href="/wiki/Lewis_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis machine gun">Lewis machine guns</a>. In 1913, the U.S. began to search for a superior automatic weapon. One of the weapons considered was the British Vickers machine gun. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>The Board of Ordnance & Fortifications held a meeting on March 15, 1913 to consider the adoption of a new type of machine gun. ... The Board is of the opinion that, with the exception of the Vickers gun, none of the other guns submitted showed sufficiently marked superiority for the military service, in comparison with the service [Benét–Mercié] Automatic Machine Rifle to warrant further consideration of them in the field test. The Board is of the unanimous opinion that the Vickers rifle caliber gun, light model, stood the most satisfactory test. As to the merits of the Vickers gun there is no question—it stood in a class by itself. Not a single part was broken nor replaced. Nor was there a jam worthy of the name during the entire series of tests. A better performance could not be desired. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Captain John S. Butler, Office of the Chief of Ordnance<sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Field tests were conducted of the Vickers in 1914, and the gun was unanimously approved by the board for the army under the designation "Vickers Machine Gun Model of 1915, Caliber .30, Water-Cooled". One hundred twenty-five guns were ordered from <a href="/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company" title="Colt's Manufacturing Company">Colt's Manufacturing Company</a> in 1915, with an additional 4,000 ordered the next year, all chambered for .30-06. Design complexities, design modifications, and focus on producing previously ordered weapons meant that when the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, Colt had not manufactured a single M1915.<sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Production began in late 1917 with shipments to the Western Front in mid-1918. The first twelve divisions to reach France were given French <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1914_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun">Hotchkiss M1914 machine guns</a>, and the next ten had M1915s. The next twelve divisions were to have <a href="/wiki/Browning_M1917" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning M1917">Browning M1917</a> machine guns, but there was a shortage of parts. By August 1918, thirteen U.S. divisions were armed with the Colt–Vickers machine gun, and many aircraft were armed with the weapons as well (2,888 guns were converted). 7,653 guns were issued during the war out of 12,125 produced in total. War damage losses reduced the number of M1915s in the U.S. Army inventory from 9200+ to about 8,000 total.<sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg/220px-Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg/330px-Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg/440px-Water-cooled_machine_guns_just_arrived_from_the_USA_under_lend-lease_are_checked_at_an_ordnance_depot_in_England._-_NARA_-_196325.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2301" /></a><figcaption>M1915 guns from the USA inspected in England</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg/220px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg/330px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg/440px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_Home_Front_H5842.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="597" /></a><figcaption>In service with the Home Guard</figcaption></figure> <p>After World War I, the Colt–Vickers machine guns were kept in reserve until World War II. Several hundred were sent to the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines, and were all eventually lost to enemy action.<sup id="cite_ref-colt1915_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colt1915-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1940 and 1941, a total of 7,071 M1915 guns were purchased by the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to re-equip their forces after the <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a>, which depleted the weapon from the U.S. inventory before their entry into the war. Because the M1915 Colt–Vickers was not chambered for the standard British .303, it was painted with a red band to differentiate it and restricted it to <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="British Home Guard">Home Guard</a> use.<sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Specifications"><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:.303ammunition.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/.303ammunition.jpeg/220px-.303ammunition.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/.303ammunition.jpeg/330px-.303ammunition.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/.303ammunition.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="166" /></a><figcaption>Rimmed, centrefire Mk 7 <a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 inch</a> cartridge from World War II. The type of ammunition is denoted by the colour of the annulus, the narrow ring shown here surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The weight of the gun itself varied based on the gear attached, but was generally 25 to 30 pounds (11 to 14 kg) with a 40-to-50-pound (18 to 23 kg) tripod. The ammunition boxes for the 250-round ammunition belts weighed 22 pounds (10.0 kg) each. In addition, it required about 7.5 imperial pints (4.3 L) of water in its <a href="/wiki/Evaporative_cooling" class="mw-redirect" title="Evaporative cooling">evaporative cooling system</a> to prevent overheating. The heat of the barrel boiled the water in the jacket surrounding it. The resulting steam was taken off by a flexible tube to a condenser container—this had the dual benefits of avoiding giving away the gun's location, and also enabling re-use of the water, which was very important in arid environments. </p><p>In British service, the Vickers gun fired the standard <a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 inch</a> cartridges used in the <a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">Lee–Enfield</a> <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifle</a>, which generally had to be hand-loaded into the cloth ammunition belts. There was also a 0.5 in calibre version used as an anti-aircraft weapon and various other calibres produced for foreign buyers. </p><p>The gun was 3 feet 8 inches (112 cm) long and its cyclic <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">rate of fire</a> was between 450 and 600 rounds per minute. In practice, it was expected that 10,000 rounds would be fired per hour, and that the barrel would be changed every hour—a two-minute job for a trained team. The Vickers gun could sustain fire for long durations of time exceeding the recommended 10,000 rounds an hour due to the water-cooled barrel and hourly barrel swaps. One account states that a Vickers fired just under 5 million rounds in a week as a test in 1963 at <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Barracks,_Strensall" title="Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall">Strensall Barracks</a> and was still operable.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The muzzle velocity was 2,440 ft/s (744 m/s) ±40 ft/s (12 m/s) with <a href="/wiki/.303_British#Mark_VII" title=".303 British">Mark VII(z</a>) ammunition and 2,525 ft/s (770 m/s) with <a href="/wiki/.303_British#Mark_VIIIz" title=".303 British">Mark VIIIz</a> ammunition. The Mark VIIIz cartridge, which had a <a href="/wiki/External_ballistics#General_trends_in_drag_or_ballistic_coefficient" title="External ballistics">boat-tailed</a> spitzer 'streamlined' bullet, could be used against targets at a range of approximately 4,500 yd (4,115 m). The bullet jackets were generally made of an alloy of <a href="/wiki/Cupro-nickel" class="mw-redirect" title="Cupro-nickel">cupro-nickel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gilding_metal" title="Gilding metal">gilding metal</a>. Ammunition for the Vickers used colour-coded annuli. Tracer ammunition was marked with a red annulus; armouring-piercing ammunition with a green annulus, and incendiary ammunition with a blue annulus. Explosive ammunition was marked with an orange annulus before the Second World War and was changed to black. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use">Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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:PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg/220px-PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg/330px-PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg/440px-PrincessPatriciasCanadianLightInfantryTrainingMaximGunDec1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry firing a Vickers machine gun during a training exercise, Eastbourne, England, 3 December 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>The gun and its tripod were carried separately and both were heavy. The Vickers Mk I was 30 lb (13.6 kg) without the water and tripod, and weighed 40 lb (18.1 kg) with the water. The original design did not anticipate it being carried up jungle-covered mountains on men's backs, but such was the weapon's popularity that men were generally content to pack it to all manner of difficult locations. The tripod would be set up to make a firm base, often dug into the ground a little and perhaps with the feet weighted down with sandbags. </p><p>The water jacket would be filled with about 4 litres (1.1 US gal) of water from a small hole at the rear end, sealed by a cap. The evaporative cooling system, though heavy, was very effective and enabled the gun to keep firing far longer than its air-cooled rival weapons. If water was unavailable, soldiers were known to resort to using their urine.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was sometimes claimed that crews would fire off a few rounds simply to heat their gun's cooling water to make <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>, despite the resulting brew tasting of machine-oil.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In extremely cold weather, the cooling water could freeze and damage the gun. This problem was addressed using an insulating water jacket cover, introduced in 1918 but still in use during the Korean War. Some crews added vehicle antifreeze, others drained the water jacket, or simply fired a few rounds periodically to keep the water from freezing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201370_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201370-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The loader sat to the gunner's right, and fed in belts of cloth, into which the rounds had been placed. The weapon would draw in the belt from right to left, pull the next round out of the belt and into the chamber, fire it, then send the fired brass cartridge down and out of the receiver while the cloth belt would continue out the left side. During sustained fire, the barrel would heat up which heated the water in the jacket until hot enough for the water to evaporate or boil thereby cooling the barrel releasing the heat through steam. It took the Mk I 600 rounds of continuous fire to boil the water in the jacket, evaporating at a rate of 1.5 pints (0.852 L) per 1,000 rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg.org.uk-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The steam would reach the top of the jacket and enter a steam tube which led to a port that was situated under the jacket near the muzzle. A hose was connected to this, which released the steam into a metal water can allowing it to be vented away from the rest of the gun hiding the steam cloud and the gun's position. This also allowed any condensate to be reclaimed from the steam. Before the can got too full, it would be emptied back into the jacket to replenish the water level which would have fallen as the water evaporated and boiled away. If the water jacket needed to be emptied, a plug under the jacket could be unscrewed to drain the entire jacket. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_Clino_R.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vickers_Clino_R.JPG/220px-Vickers_Clino_R.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vickers_Clino_R.JPG/330px-Vickers_Clino_R.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vickers_Clino_R.JPG/440px-Vickers_Clino_R.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1806" data-file-height="1482" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Clinometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinometer">Clinometer</a> for Vickers .303 machine gun</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers was used for <a href="/wiki/Indirect_fire" title="Indirect fire">indirect fire</a> against enemy positions at ranges up to 4,500 yards (4,115 m) with Mark VIIIz ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Plunging_fire" title="Plunging fire">plunging fire</a> was used to great effect against road junctions, <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench systems</a>, forming up points, and other locations that might be observed by a forward observer, or zeroed in at one time for future attacks, or guessed at by men using maps and experience. Sometimes a location might be zeroed in during the day, and then attacked at night, much to the surprise and confusion of the enemy. New Zealand units were especially fond of this use. A white disc would be set up on a pole near the MMG, and the gunner would aim at a mark on it, knowing that this corresponded to aiming at the distant target. There was a special back-sight with a tall extension on it for this purpose. The only similar weapon of the time to use indirect fire was the German <a href="/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08">MG 08</a>, which had a separate attachment sight with range calculator. </p><p>A British World War II Vickers medium machine gun platoon typically had one officer in command of four guns, in two sections of two, each with a crew and a small team of riflemen whose job was to protect the gun and keep it supplied with ammunition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operating_mechanism">Operating mechanism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Operating mechanism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF/200px-VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF" decoding="async" width="200" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF/300px-VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF/400px-VickersMuzzleBoosterAnim.GIF 2x" data-file-width="829" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>Animation of the Vickers muzzle booster operation, showing the expanding gases pushing the barrel to the rear relative to the cooling jacket</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vickers is a fully automatic <a href="/wiki/Belt_(firearms)" title="Belt (firearms)">belt-fed</a> firearm which is fired from a <a href="/wiki/Closed_bolt" title="Closed bolt">closed bolt</a>. When ready to fire, a <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">round</a> is in the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_(firearms)" title="Chamber (firearms)">chamber</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Breechblock" title="Breechblock">breechblock</a> assembly and working parts are forward. It has a <a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">recoil operated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Floating_action_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Floating action (firearms)">floating action</a> with a toggle lock similar to a <a href="/wiki/Luger_pistol" title="Luger pistol">Luger pistol</a>. However, unlike the Luger, the mechanism is totally contained within the receiver or body of the Vickers. When operated, the floating action, which consists of the barrel, breechblock assembly and toggle mechanism, reciprocate as a unit within the body of the gun. The mechanism is held together by recoiling plates, that connect the breech end of the barrel to the rear of the toggle mechanism. The breech is locked closed when the toggle is straight. The <a href="/wiki/Crank_(mechanism)" title="Crank (mechanism)">crank</a> cocking handle is part of the floating action. It acts through the rear pivot of the toggle lock. Pulling the cocking handle causes the toggle to rise. This unlocks the breech and then draws the breechblock assembly rearward. While firing, the opposite end of the crank handle cams on a round lug fixed to the body. Rearward movement of the floating action tips the cocking handle and unlocks the toggle. The recoil that unlocks the toggle is <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_booster" title="Muzzle booster">gas assisted</a>. Propellent gases leaving the muzzle are partly contained within the muzzle cap and act on the muzzle cup (attached to the barrel) to assist in propelling the floating action rearward to the point where the toggle mechanism is unlocked. The breechblock assembly then opens fully while opposed by a spring which ultimately returns it to the closed position. The spring under tension acts on a crank mounted on the opposite side of the body to the cocking handle.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The feed block assembly sits directly above the breech. It accepts the canvas belt loaded with ammunition. With each firing cycle, it advances the belt by one round so that a fresh cartridge is presented ready for loading. The belt is advanced by <a href="/wiki/Pawl" title="Pawl">pawls</a> which move from side to side. The pawls are operated by a linkage that engages with the floating action. A second set of spring-loaded pawls tilt up and down as the belt passes over them. These hold the belt during the return cycle of the feed pawls.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The breechblock assembly is roughly as high as the receiver of the gun. On its front face is the extractor block. Levers cause this to move up and down as the action is cycled. It has a slot with two grooves which allow the <a href="/wiki/Rim_(firearms)" title="Rim (firearms)">rim</a> of the cartridge to be held from each side, much like a <a href="/wiki/Stripper_clip" title="Stripper clip">stripper clip</a> does. With the breechblock assembly closed and ready to fire, the extractor block grips the base of two cartridges: the lower cartridge in the chamber ready to fire and an upper cartridge held in the canvas belt within the feed block. When the breechblock assembly unlocks after firing, the extractor pulls the spent cartridge from the chamber and, once clear, this falls through an ejection port in the underside of the gun's body. Unlocking the breechblock assembly also withdraws the upper round (the next round to be chambered) from the belt. When there is sufficient clearance, the extractor block lowers the new round until it is aligned with the chamber. Forward movement of the breechblock assembly then chambers the round. Near the very end of the forward cycle, the extractor block rises to engage the next round ready to be loaded.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The breechblock assembly houses the <a href="/wiki/Firing_pin" title="Firing pin">firing pin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">trigger</a> mechanism. The firing pin, under spring tension, strikes the <a href="/wiki/Centerfire_ammunition#primer" title="Centerfire ammunition">primer</a> of the cartridge through a hole in the extractor block. It must therefore be retracted before the extractor block moves down as part of the loading cycle. Once retracted, the firing pin is held in a cocked position by a <a href="/wiki/Sear_(firearm)" title="Sear (firearm)">sear</a>, ready for the next firing cycle. As the breechblock assembly fully closes on the breech, the sear disengages but the firing pin is held rearward by the trigger. The end of the trigger protrudes from the top of the breechblock assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To fire the loaded gun, the gunner depresses a paddle at the rear of the gun. Through a lever, this pulls on a sliding bar that trips the trigger to release the firing pin. The weapon then cycles to load the next cartridge for firing. If the paddle is still depressed when the breech closes, the trigger is tripped again and a further firing cycle occurs.<sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Users">Users</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Users"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201348–49_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201348–49-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969203_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969203-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969212_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969212-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> Used during the <a href="/wiki/Chaco_War" title="Chaco War">Chaco War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Chaco_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaco-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps" title="Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps">Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Somaliland_Camel_Corps" title="Somaliland Camel Corps">Somaliland Camel Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924156_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924156-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281876%E2%80%931955%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">British Hong Kong</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Volunteer_Defence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps">Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-hkbu_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkbu-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gwulo_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwulo-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_%281877%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924163_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924163-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/23px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/35px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/46px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bishop2002_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop2002-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969460_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969460-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924173_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924173-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924185_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924185-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924196_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924196-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a> Used by Ceylonese army in the <a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">1971 JVP insurrection</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_China_%281912%E2%80%931928%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>: possibly used during the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_intercommunal_violence" title="Cypriot intercommunal violence">Cypriot intercommunal violence</a> and supplied from Greece or Turkey <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a><sup id="cite_ref-Israel_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Israel-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969613_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969613-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">French Third Republic</a>: 2,000 ordered in 1914<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201332–33_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201332–33-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>: Vickers from various sources were acquired from 1920 and 100 were also delivered by <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> during <a href="/wiki/Winter_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter war">Winter war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>: in 1918, <a href="/wiki/Schutztruppe" title="Schutztruppe">Schutztruppe</a> used 17 Vickers guns captured during the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Africa_campaign" title="South West Africa campaign">South West Africa campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969450_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969450-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969461_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969461-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a><sup id="cite_ref-Congo_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congo-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a><sup id="cite_ref-Israel_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Israel-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969464&467_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969464&467-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a> chambered in <a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9752mm_Carcano" title="6.5×52mm Carcano">6.5×52mm Carcano</a> for infantry and <a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a> for aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Italy_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arab_Legion" title="Arab Legion">Arab Legion</a><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>: Mk I and MK II (611 and 120 by April 1936)<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used by <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Latvia_in_1940" title="Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940">pre-1940</a> <a href="/wiki/Latvian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Latvian National Armed Forces">Latvian Army</a> and by Nazi-allied <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Police_Battalions" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian Police Battalions">Latvian Police Battalions</a><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281896%E2%80%931950%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">British Malaya</a><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969147_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969147-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span>   </span><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: More than 1,000 were purchased from the British in December 1918, designated as Vickers M.18 No.1. In 1935, 800 units were rechambered to 7.92x57mmR and designated as Vickers M.18 No.2.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">East Indies colonial army</a> variant designated as M.23 machine gun, chambered in <a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9753mmR" title="6.5×53mmR">6.5×53mmR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KNIL_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNIL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Used some Australian or British-made .303 Vickers during the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss196779,_89_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss196779,_89-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bishop2002_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop2002-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Used by Pakistan army in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>: owned 10 units before the <a href="/wiki/Chaco_War" title="Chaco War">Chaco War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-py_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-py-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later captured an unknown number from Bolivia<sup id="cite_ref-Chaco_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaco-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-colt1915_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colt1915-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> aircraft version, later rechambered in 7.92×57 mm</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> produced locally as <i>m/917</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969530_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969530-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Kingdom of Romania</a>: 200 Vickers in service<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>: Vickers manufactured by Colt in <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a><sup id="cite_ref-m1915_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a><sup id="cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic" title="Second Spanish Republic">Spanish Republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-Spain_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spain-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supplied to during the Spanish Civil War, by the Soviet Union, Bolivia, and Paraguay.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a><sup id="cite_ref-Capie_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capie-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: 12,125 Vickers were issued to the US Army in France<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201333_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201333-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>: Used by <a href="/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a><sup id="cite_ref-Viet_Minh_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet_Minh-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery_of_images">Gallery of images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gallery of images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="British Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme. Both are wearing gas masks."><img alt="British Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme. Both are wearing gas masks." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg/200px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg/300px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg/400px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2276" data-file-height="1772" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">British Vickers gun team in action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a>. Both are wearing <a href="/wiki/Gas_mask" title="Gas mask">gas masks</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rear view of Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme."><img alt="Rear view of Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg/200px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg/300px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg/400px-Vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks_rear_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="865" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rear view of Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vickers gun set up for anti-aircraft purposes during the First World War."><img alt="Vickers gun set up for anti-aircraft purposes during the First World War." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg/200px-British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg/300px-British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg/400px-British_Machine_Gun_LOC_ggbain_24930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4477" data-file-height="3729" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vickers gun set up for anti-aircraft purposes during the First World War.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment in Malaya, 1941."><img alt="Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment in Malaya, 1941." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg/200px-Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg/300px-Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg/400px-Vickers_machine-gun_of_the_1st_Manchester_Regiment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="794" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment in Malaya, 1941.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="British Vickers gunners in action in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. All are wearing the Mk III Turtle helmet."><img alt="British Vickers gunners in action in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. All are wearing the Mk III Turtle helmet." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg/200px-Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg/300px-Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg/400px-Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1041" data-file-height="981" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">British Vickers gunners in action in the Netherlands during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>. All are wearing the <a href="/wiki/Mk_III_Turtle_helmet" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk III Turtle helmet">Mk III Turtle helmet</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="British commandos on the outskirts of Wesel during Operation Plunder in 1945."><img alt="British commandos on the outskirts of Wesel during Operation Plunder in 1945." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg/200px-British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg/300px-British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg/400px-British_commandos_in_the_shattered_outskirts_of_Wesel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="792" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">British <a href="/wiki/Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="Commandos">commandos</a> on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a> in 1945.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickersgun1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the breech of a Vickers gun showing brass feed ramp."><img alt="View of the breech of a Vickers gun showing brass feed ramp." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vickersgun1.jpg/200px-Vickersgun1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vickersgun1.jpg/300px-Vickersgun1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vickersgun1.jpg/400px-Vickersgun1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of the breech of a Vickers gun showing <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> feed ramp.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickersgun2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dorsal view of a Vickers gun showing fluted water-cooling tank."><img alt="Dorsal view of a Vickers gun showing fluted water-cooling tank." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickersgun2.jpg/150px-Vickersgun2.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickersgun2.jpg/225px-Vickersgun2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Vickersgun2.jpg/300px-Vickersgun2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dorsal view of a Vickers gun showing fluted water-cooling tank.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vickers machine gun from Polish Army Museum's collection."><img alt="Vickers machine gun from Polish Army Museum's collection." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg/200px-Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg/300px-Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg/400px-Ckm_Vickers_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vickers machine gun from <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army_Museum" title="Polish Army Museum">Polish Army Museum</a>'s collection.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_.50_machine_gun" title="Vickers .50 machine gun">Vickers .50 machine gun</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era"><span id="Weapons_of_comparable_role.2C_performance_and_era"></span>Weapons of comparable role, performance and era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Weapons of comparable role, performance and era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_Mle_1914_machine_gun" title="Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun">Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun</a> – French</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1895_Colt%E2%80%93Browning_machine_gun#Marlin_Rockwell_M1917/M1918_versions" title="M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun">Marlin M1917/1918 machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1917 Browning machine gun">M1917 Browning machine gun</a> – United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08">MG 08</a> – German Maxim machine gun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parabellum_MG_14" title="Parabellum MG 14">Parabellum MG 14</a> – aircraft version of MG 08 which copied the upwards toggle from Vickers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PM_M1910" title="PM M1910">PM M1910</a> – Russian Maxim machine gun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzlose_machine_gun" title="Schwarzlose machine gun">Schwarzlose machine gun</a> – Austro-Hungarian</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler20135-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler20135_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNeeson2003" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Neeson" title="Eoin Neeson">Neeson, Eoin</a> (22 August 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/so-once-and-for-all-who-did-shoot-michael-collins-1.370519">"So, once and for all, who did shoot Michael Collins?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Irish+Times&rft.atitle=So%2C+once+and+for+all%2C+who+did+shoot+Michael+Collins%3F&rft.date=2003-08-22&rft.aulast=Neeson&rft.aufirst=Eoin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fso-once-and-for-all-who-did-shoot-michael-collins-1.370519&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chaco-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Chaco_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Chaco_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Chaco_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlejandro_de_Quesada2011" class="citation book cs1">Alejandro de Quesada (20 November 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dTm3CwAAQBAJ"><i>The Chaco War 1932-35: South America's greatest modern conflict</i></a>. Osprey Publishing. p. 33. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-901-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-901-2"><bdi>978-1-84908-901-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Chaco+War+1932-35%3A+South+America%27s+greatest+modern+conflict&rft.pages=33&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2011-11-20&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-901-2&rft.au=Alejandro+de+Quesada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdTm3CwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Spain-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Spain_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Spain_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFde_Quesada2015" class="citation book cs1">de Quesada, Alejandro (20 January 2015). <i>The Spanish Civil War 1936–39 (2): Republican Forces</i>. Men-at-Arms 498. Osprey Publishing. p. 38. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781782007852" title="Special:BookSources/9781782007852"><bdi>9781782007852</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Spanish+Civil+War+1936%E2%80%9339+%282%29%3A+Republican+Forces&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+498&rft.pages=38&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2015-01-20&rft.isbn=9781782007852&rft.aulast=de+Quesada&rft.aufirst=Alejandro&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201349-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201349_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, p. 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967769-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967769_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 769.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Viet_Minh-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Viet_Minh_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Viet_Minh_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">"Indochine 1945-1954: Le Viet-Minh". <i>Militaria</i> (in French). No. 180. Histoire & Collections. July 2000. p. 16.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Militaria&rft.atitle=Indochine+1945-1954%3A+Le+Viet-Minh&rft.issue=180&rft.pages=16&rft.date=2000-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407144902/http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1969-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812">"Arms for freedom"</a>. 29 December 2017. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812">the original</a> on 7 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 August</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Arms+for+freedom&rft.date=2017-12-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailystar.net%2Fbackpage%2Fbangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Algeria-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Algeria_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWindrow1997" class="citation book cs1">Windrow, Martin (1997). <i>The Algerian War, 1954-62</i>. Men-at Arms 312. London: <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 21. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-658-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-658-3"><bdi>978-1-85532-658-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Algerian+War%2C+1954-62&rft.place=London&rft.series=Men-at+Arms+312&rft.pages=21&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-85532-658-3&rft.aulast=Windrow&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967854-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967854_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 854.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSomasundaram2021" class="citation news cs1">Somasundaram, Jayantha (6 April 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220129153458/https://island.lk/the-jvps-military-battle-for-power/">"The JVP's Military Battle for Power (The April 1971 Revolt – II)"</a>. <i>The Island</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://island.lk/the-jvps-military-battle-for-power/">the original</a> on 29 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Island&rft.atitle=The+JVP%27s+Military+Battle+for+Power+%28The+April+1971+Revolt+%E2%80%93+II%29&rft.date=2021-04-06&rft.aulast=Somasundaram&rft.aufirst=Jayantha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fisland.lk%2Fthe-jvps-military-battle-for-power%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Congo-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Congo_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Congo_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFByrne2016" class="citation magazine cs1">Byrne, Ciaran (27 July 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/4408017/the-siege-of-jadotville-the-true-story-netflix-film/">"The True Story of the Heroic Battle That Inspired the New Netflix Film The Siege of Jadotville"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time.com&rft.atitle=The+True+Story+of+the+Heroic+Battle+That+Inspired+the+New+Netflix+Film+The+Siege+of+Jadotville&rft.date=2016-07-27&rft.aulast=Byrne&rft.aufirst=Ciaran&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F4408017%2Fthe-siege-of-jadotville-the-true-story-netflix-film%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-armoryvickers-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-armoryvickers_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSuciu2021" class="citation web cs1">Suciu, Peter (4 May 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230326092245/https://www.thearmorylife.com/the-vickers-gun-britains-world-war-warrior/">"The Vickers Gun - Britain's World War Warrior"</a>. The Armory Life. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thearmorylife.com/the-vickers-gun-britains-world-war-warrior/">the original</a> on 26 March 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Vickers+Gun+-+Britain%27s+World+War+Warrior&rft.pub=The+Armory+Life&rft.date=2021-05-04&rft.aulast=Suciu&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thearmorylife.com%2Fthe-vickers-gun-britains-world-war-warrior%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm6y2120dE"><i>Footage of weapons which were handed over by rebels to the Syrian Arab Army in Southern Damascus</i></a>. SyrianCivilWarMap. 12 May 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200501155616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm6y2120dE&gl=US&hl=en">Archived</a> from the original on 1 May 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 September</span> 2021</span> – via <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Footage+of+weapons+which+were+handed+over+by+rebels+to+the+Syrian+Arab+Army+in+Southern+Damascus&rft.pub=SyrianCivilWarMap&rft.date=2018-05-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYcm6y2120dE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWvickers.htm">"Vickers Gun"</a>. <i>spartacus-educational.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=spartacus-educational.com&rft.atitle=Vickers+Gun&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspartacus-educational.com%2FFWWvickers.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1919/jun/24/mr-kellaways-statement">"MR. KELLAWay's STATEMENT. (Hansard, 24 June 1919)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=MR.+KELLAWay%27s+STATEMENT.+%28Hansard%2C+24+June+1919%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Fcommons%2F1919%2Fjun%2F24%2Fmr-kellaways-statement&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1926/mar/15/sir-l-worthington-evans-statement">"SIR L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS' STATEMENT. (Hansard, 15 March 1926)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SIR+L.+WORTHINGTON-EVANS%27+STATEMENT.+%28Hansard%2C+15+March+1926%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Fcommons%2F1926%2Fmar%2F15%2Fsir-l-worthington-evans-statement&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Allies/4-Infos/UK/Guns/Light-Weapons.htm">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120401064809/http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Allies/4-Infos/UK/Guns/Light-Weapons.htm">Archived</a> 1 April 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoggBatchelor,_John1976" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ian_V._Hogg" title="Ian V. Hogg">Hogg, Ian V.</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_Batchelor_(illustrator)" title="John Batchelor (illustrator)">Batchelor, John</a> (1976). <i>Weapons & War Machines</i>. London: Phoebus. p. 62. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7026-0008-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7026-0008-1"><bdi>978-0-7026-0008-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Weapons+%26+War+Machines&rft.place=London&rft.pages=62&rft.pub=Phoebus&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-0-7026-0008-1&rft.aulast=Hogg&rft.aufirst=Ian+V.&rft.au=Batchelor%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span><br />"The Vickers gun accompanied the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">BEF</a> to France in 1914, and in the years that followed, proved itself to be the most reliable weapon on the battlefield..."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201328-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201328_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201329-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201329_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/r7ynvjg7/items?canvas=495"><i>Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War : 1914–1920</i></a>. London: HMSO. 1922. p. 479.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Statistics+of+the+military+effort+of+the+British+Empire+during+the+Great+War+%3A+1914%E2%80%931920&rft.place=London&rft.pages=479&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=1922&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwellcomecollection.org%2Fworks%2Fr7ynvjg7%2Fitems%3Fcanvas%3D495&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDriver1997" class="citation book cs1">Driver, Hugh (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cbrA5NJp2JMC&pg=PA128"><i>The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain, 1903–1914</i></a>. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 126. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86193-234-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86193-234-4"><bdi>978-0-86193-234-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Birth+of+Military+Aviation%3A+Britain%2C+1903%E2%80%931914&rft.pages=126&rft.pub=Boydell+%26+Brewer+Ltd&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-86193-234-4&rft.aulast=Driver&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcbrA5NJp2JMC%26pg%3DPA128&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GBM145-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GBM145_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GBM145_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrançois2023" class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">François, Guy (April 2023). "Mitrailleuses et canons des avions français". <i>Histoire de Guerre, Blindés et Matériel</i> (in French). No. 145. pp. <span class="nowrap">27–</span>38.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Histoire+de+Guerre%2C+Blind%C3%A9s+et+Mat%C3%A9riel&rft.atitle=Mitrailleuses+et+canons+des+avions+fran%C3%A7ais&rft.issue=145&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E27-%3C%2Fspan%3E38&rft.date=2023-04&rft.aulast=Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.aufirst=Guy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frank C. Barnes, <i>Cartridges of the World</i>, 15th ed, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2016, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-4642-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-4642-5">978-1-4402-4642-5</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IWM-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IWM_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30027115">Imperial War Museums, "11x59R: 11 mm Gras Machine Gun & 11 mm Vickers", <i>iwm.org.uk</i></a>, retrieved 4 June 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/the-guns/303-inch-mk-ii">".303-inch Mk II – the Vickers Machine Gun"</a>. 23 November 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=.303-inch+Mk+II+%E2%80%93+the+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.date=2017-11-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvickersmg.blog%2Fthe-guns%2F303-inch-mk-ii&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/the-guns/303-inch-mk-ii-2">".303-inch Mk II* - the Vickers Machine Gun"</a>. 23 November 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=.303-inch+Mk+II%2A+-+the+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.date=2017-11-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvickersmg.blog%2Fthe-guns%2F303-inch-mk-ii-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chorlton, Martyn (2012). <i>Hawker Hurricane Mk I-V</i>. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012, Air Vanguard No. 6. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78096-603-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78096-603-8">978-1-78096-603-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRickard2007" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Rickard, J. (21 March 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_gloster_gladiator.html">"Gloster Gladiator"</a>. <i>Military History Encyclopedia on the Web</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Gloster+Gladiator&rft.btitle=Military+History+Encyclopedia+on+the+Web&rft.date=2007-03-21&rft.aulast=Rickard&rft.aufirst=J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofwar.org%2Farticles%2Fweapons_gloster_gladiator.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBishop2002" class="citation book cs1">Bishop, Chris (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MuGsf0psjvcC&q=Fairey+Swordfish+production+ended&pg=PA403"><i>The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II</i></a>. Metrobooks. p. 403. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58663-762-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58663-762-0"><bdi>978-1-58663-762-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Weapons+of+World+War+II&rft.pages=403&rft.pub=Metrobooks&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-58663-762-0&rft.aulast=Bishop&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMuGsf0psjvcC%26q%3DFairey%2BSwordfish%2Bproduction%2Bended%26pg%3DPA403&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Konstankiewicz, Andrzej (1986), <i>Broń strzelecka Wojska Polskiego 1918–39</i>, Warsaw <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/83-11-07266-3" title="Special:BookSources/83-11-07266-3">83-11-07266-3</a>, p. 141 <span class="languageicon">(in Polish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vmg.org.uk-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg.org.uk_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFisher" class="citation web cs1">Fisher, Richard E. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/">"The Vickers Machine Gun"</a>. <i>Vickers Machine Gun Collection & Research Association</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Vickers+Machine+Gun+Collection+%26+Research+Association&rft.atitle=The+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.aulast=Fisher&rft.aufirst=Richard+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vickersmachinegun.org.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Italy-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Italy_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Italy_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFdi_Difilippo2006" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">di Difilippo, Max (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cimeetrincee.it/mitra.htm">"Le mitragliatrici italiane della Grande Guerra"</a> [Italian machine guns of the Great War]. <i>Peaks and Trenches Historical Association</i> (in Italian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Peaks+and+Trenches+Historical+Association&rft.atitle=Le+mitragliatrici+italiane+della+Grande+Guerra&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=di+Difilippo&rft.aufirst=Max&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cimeetrincee.it%2Fmitra.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-goldsmith-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-goldsmith_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-goldsmith_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldsmith1994" class="citation book cs1">Goldsmith, Dolf L. (1994). <i>Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land, The: Vickers Machine Gun</i>. Collector Grade Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88935-147-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-88935-147-3"><bdi>0-88935-147-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Grand+Old+Lady+of+No+Man%27s+Land%2C+The%3A+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.pub=Collector+Grade+Publications&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-88935-147-3&rft.aulast=Goldsmith&rft.aufirst=Dolf+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KNIL-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KNIL_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KNIL_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLohnstein2018" class="citation book cs1">Lohnstein, Marc (23 August 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U2dkDwAAQBAJ&q=Vickers"><i>Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936–42</i></a>. Men-at-Arms 521. pp. 12, 21. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781472833754" title="Special:BookSources/9781472833754"><bdi>9781472833754</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Royal+Netherlands+East+Indies+Army+1936%E2%80%9342&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+521&rft.pages=12%2C+21&rft.date=2018-08-23&rft.isbn=9781472833754&rft.aulast=Lohnstein&rft.aufirst=Marc&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DU2dkDwAAQBAJ%26q%3DVickers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In very small numbers with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/world-service/chile">Chile</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/world-service/el-salvador">El Salvador</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Borderstrike1-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Borderstrike1_38-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteenkamp2006" class="citation book cs1">Steenkamp, Willem (2006) [1985]. <i>Borderstrike! South Africa Into Angola 1975–1980</i> (Third ed.). Durban: Just Done Productions Publishing. pp. 52, 93. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-920169-00-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-920169-00-8"><bdi>978-1-920169-00-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Borderstrike%21+South+Africa+Into+Angola+1975%E2%80%931980&rft.place=Durban&rft.pages=52%2C+93&rft.edition=Third&rft.pub=Just+Done+Productions+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-920169-00-8&rft.aulast=Steenkamp&rft.aufirst=Willem&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201333-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201333_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201333_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, p. 33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-m1915-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-m1915_40-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSegel2012" class="citation web cs1">Segel, Robert G. (6 January 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=756">"U.S. Colt Vickers Model of 1915"</a>. <i>Small Arms Defense Journal</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Small+Arms+Defense+Journal&rft.atitle=U.S.+Colt+Vickers+Model+of+1915&rft.date=2012-01-06&rft.aulast=Segel&rft.aufirst=Robert+G.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sadefensejournal.com%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D756&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In very small numbers with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/world-service/argentina">Argentina</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/world-service/belgium">Belgium</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jae-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-jae_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMikesh2004" class="citation book cs1">Mikesh, Robert C. (2004). <i>Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940–1945</i>. Shiffer Publishing. pp. <span class="nowrap">115–</span>116. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-2097-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-2097-1"><bdi>0-7643-2097-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japanese+Aircraft+Equipment+1940%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E115-%3C%2Fspan%3E116&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-7643-2097-1&rft.aulast=Mikesh&rft.aufirst=Robert+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vickersmg-france-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vickersmg-france_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/world-service/france">"France – the Vickers Machine Gun"</a>. 13 December 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=France+%E2%80%93+the+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.date=2017-12-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvickersmg.blog%2Fworld-service%2Ffrance&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01479.007">"CHIPYONG-NI, KOREA. 1951-02. VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN ENGAGED IN COMBAT WITH THE CHINESE ON ONE ..."</a> <i>www.awm.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.awm.gov.au&rft.atitle=CHIPYONG-NI%2C+KOREA.+1951-02.+VICKERS+.303+MACHINE+GUN+ENGAGED+IN+COMBAT+WITH+THE+CHINESE+ON+ONE+...&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awm.gov.au%2Fcollection%2FP01479.007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01479.007">"CHIPYONG-NI, KOREA. 1951-02. VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN ENGAGED IN COMBAT WITH THE CHINESE ON ONE ..."</a> <i>www.awm.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.awm.gov.au&rft.atitle=CHIPYONG-NI%2C+KOREA.+1951-02.+VICKERS+.303+MACHINE+GUN+ENGAGED+IN+COMBAT+WITH+THE+CHINESE+ON+ONE+...&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awm.gov.au%2Fcollection%2FP01479.007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mobility-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mobility_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteenkampHelmoed-Römer2016" class="citation book cs1">Steenkamp, Willem; Helmoed-Römer, Heitman (September 2016). <i>Mobility Conquers: The Story Of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group 1978–2005</i>. Solihull: Helion & Company. p. 731. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-911096-52-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-911096-52-8"><bdi>978-1-911096-52-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mobility+Conquers%3A+The+Story+Of+61+Mechanised+Battalion+Group+1978%E2%80%932005&rft.place=Solihull&rft.pages=731&rft.pub=Helion+%26+Company&rft.date=2016-09&rft.isbn=978-1-911096-52-8&rft.aulast=Steenkamp&rft.aufirst=Willem&rft.au=Helmoed-R%C3%B6mer%2C+Heitman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967" class="citation book cs1">Bloomfield, Lincoln P.; Leiss, Amelia Catherine (30 June 1967). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA324492.pdf"><i>The Control of local conflict : a design study on arms control and limited war in the developing areas</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Vol. 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies. p. 325. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027%2Fuiug.30112064404368">2027/uiug.30112064404368</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200804022404/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA324492.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 4 August 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Control+of+local+conflict+%3A+a+design+study+on+arms+control+and+limited+war+in+the+developing+areas&rft.pages=325&rft.pub=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology.+Center+for+International+Studies&rft.date=1967-06-30&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F2027%2Fuiug.30112064404368&rft.aulast=Bloomfield&rft.aufirst=Lincoln+P.&rft.au=Leiss%2C+Amelia+Catherine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.dtic.mil%2Fsti%2Fpdfs%2FADA324492.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967706-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967706_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 706.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967711_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 711.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-colt1915-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-colt1915_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-colt1915_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230401011923/https://smallarmsreview.com/the-u-s-colt-vickers-model-of-1915-water-cooled-machine-gun/">"The U.S. Colt Vickers Model of 1915 Water-Cooled Machine Gun"</a>. Small Arms Review. 2 September 2022. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://smallarmsreview.com/the-u-s-colt-vickers-model-of-1915-water-cooled-machine-gun/">the original</a> on 1 April 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+U.S.+Colt+Vickers+Model+of+1915+Water-Cooled+Machine+Gun&rft.pub=Small+Arms+Review&rft.date=2022-09-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallarmsreview.com%2Fthe-u-s-colt-vickers-model-of-1915-water-cooled-machine-gun%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goldsmith 1994, p. 229</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldsmith1994" class="citation book cs1">Goldsmith, Dolph L. (1994). <i>The Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land</i>. Collector Grade Publications. p. Part III, Chapter Seven, pp 188. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0889351479" title="Special:BookSources/978-0889351479"><bdi>978-0889351479</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Grand+Old+Lady+of+No+Man%27s+Land&rft.pages=Part+III%2C+Chapter+Seven%2C+pp+188&rft.pub=Collector+Grade+Publications&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0889351479&rft.aulast=Goldsmith&rft.aufirst=Dolph+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalarmouries.org/what-we-do/research/nfc/single-object/172">"Vickers Mk.I machine gun"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armouries" title="Royal Armouries">Royal Armouries</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Vickers+Mk.I+machine+gun&rft.pub=Royal+Armouries&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalarmouries.org%2Fwhat-we-do%2Fresearch%2Fnfc%2Fsingle-object%2F172&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeeks2009" class="citation book cs1">Weeks, Alan (2009). <i>Tea, rum & fags: sustaining Tommy, 1914-18</i>. History Press. p. 19. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0752450001" title="Special:BookSources/978-0752450001"><bdi>978-0752450001</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tea%2C+rum+%26+fags%3A+sustaining+Tommy%2C+1914-18&rft.pages=19&rft.pub=History+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0752450001&rft.aulast=Weeks&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201370-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201370_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, pp. 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vickersmg.blog/manual/range-tables/">"Range Tables - The Vickers Machine Gun"</a>. <i>vickersmg.blog</i>. 4 July 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=vickersmg.blog&rft.atitle=Range+Tables+-+The+Vickers+Machine+Gun&rft.date=2017-07-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvickersmg.blog%2Fmanual%2Frange-tables%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vmg_opp_1-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_1_56-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26U1eguqg1g">TAB Episode 52: Vickers Gun Disassembly</a>, accessed 14 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vmg_opp_2-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_2_57-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG2YfcAJrtU&t=3s">Vickers Mk1 1914</a>, accessed 14 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vmg_opp_3-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vmg_opp_3_58-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYJXNXzqCk&t=1116s">Vickers MG study: H 5529 (and the Vickers machine gun mechanism)</a>, accessed 4 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201348–49-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201348–49_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, pp. 48–49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969203-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969203_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812">"Arms for freedom"</a>. 29 December 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 August</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Arms+for+freedom&rft.date=2017-12-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailystar.net%2Fbackpage%2Fbangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969212-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969212_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 212.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0282ah.pdf">"British Empire/ Colonies and Protectorates"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Armaments year-book : general and statistical information</i>. Series of League of Nations publications. IX, Disarmament. Vol. A.37.1924.IX. Geneva: <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a>. 1924. p. 126.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=British+Empire%2F+Colonies+and+Protectorates&rft.btitle=Armaments+year-book+%3A+general+and+statistical+information&rft.place=Geneva&rft.series=Series+of+League+of+Nations+publications.+IX%2C+Disarmament&rft.pages=126&rft.pub=League+of+Nations&rft.date=1924&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.northwestern.edu%2Fleague%2Fle0282ah.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924156-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924156_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924">League of Nations 1924</a>, p. 156.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hkbu-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hkbu_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/1941hkbattle-qef/en/data.php?show=item&id=OJ00007">"Vickers Heavy Machine Gun"</a>. Hong Kong Baptist University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Vickers+Heavy+Machine+Gun&rft.pub=Hong+Kong+Baptist+University&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk%2F1941hkbattle-qef%2Fen%2Fdata.php%3Fshow%3Ditem%26id%3DOJ00007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gwulo-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gwulo_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gwulo.com/media/29643">"Military gathering-007-ready to defend"</a>. <i>Gwulo Old Hong Kong</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240724134419/https://gwulo.com/media/29643">Archived</a> from the original on 24 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Gwulo+Old+Hong+Kong&rft.atitle=Military+gathering-007-ready+to+defend&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgwulo.com%2Fmedia%2F29643&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924163-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924163_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924">League of Nations 1924</a>, p. 163.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bishop2002-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bishop2002_68-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bishop2002_68-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChris_Bishop2002" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Chris Bishop (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MuGsf0psjvcC&pg=PA244">"Vickers machine-guns"</a>. <i>The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II</i>. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 244. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58663-762-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58663-762-0"><bdi>978-1-58663-762-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Vickers+machine-guns&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Weapons+of+World+War+II&rft.pages=244&rft.pub=Sterling+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-58663-762-0&rft.au=Chris+Bishop&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMuGsf0psjvcC%26pg%3DPA244&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969460-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969460_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 460.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924173-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924173_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924">League of Nations 1924</a>, p. 173.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924185-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924185_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924">League of Nations 1924</a>, p. 185.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924196-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeague_of_Nations1924196_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924">League of Nations 1924</a>, p. 196.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChartrand2001" class="citation book cs1">Chartrand, René (15 December 2001). <i>Canadian Forces in World War II</i>. Men-at-Arms 359. p. 14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781841763026" title="Special:BookSources/9781841763026"><bdi>9781841763026</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Canadian+Forces+in+World+War+II&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+359&rft.pages=14&rft.date=2001-12-15&rft.isbn=9781841763026&rft.aulast=Chartrand&rft.aufirst=Ren%C3%A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJowett2010" class="citation book cs1">Jowett, Philip (10 September 2010). <i>Chinese Warlord Armies 1911–1930</i>. Men-at-Arms 463. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">22–</span>23. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-402-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-402-4"><bdi>978-1-84908-402-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chinese+Warlord+Armies+1911%E2%80%931930&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+463&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E22-%3C%2Fspan%3E23&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2010-09-10&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-402-4&rft.aulast=Jowett&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861_75-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967861_75-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 861.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863_76-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss1967863_76-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, p. 863.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Israel-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Israel_77-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Israel_77-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTuckerRoberts2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla Mary, eds. (May 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC">"Machine guns"</a>. <i>The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History</i>. ABC-CLIO. p. 653. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85109-841-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85109-841-5"><bdi>978-1-85109-841-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Machine+guns&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+the+Arab-Israeli+Conflict%3A+A+Political%2C+Social%2C+and+Military+History&rft.pages=653&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2008-05&rft.isbn=978-1-85109-841-5&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYAd8efHdVzIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969613-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969613_78-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 613.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPegler201332–33-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPegler201332–33_79-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPegler2013">Pegler 2013</a>, pp. 32–33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MG2.htm">"FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: MACHINEGUNS PART 2"</a>. <i>www.jaegerplatoon.net</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.jaegerplatoon.net&rft.atitle=FINNISH+ARMY+1918+-+1945%3A+MACHINEGUNS+PART+2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaegerplatoon.net%2FMG2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams2016" class="citation book cs1">Adams, Gregg (22 September 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mbOhDAAAQBAJ"><i>King's African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917–18</i></a>. Combat 20. p. 61. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781472813275" title="Special:BookSources/9781472813275"><bdi>9781472813275</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=King%27s+African+Rifles+Soldier+vs+Schutztruppe+Soldier%3A+East+Africa+1917%E2%80%9318&rft.series=Combat+20&rft.pages=61&rft.date=2016-09-22&rft.isbn=9781472813275&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Gregg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DmbOhDAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969450-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969450_82-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 450.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969461-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969461_83-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 461.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969464&467-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969464&467_84-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, pp. 464&467.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYoung1972" class="citation book cs1">Young, Peter (1972). <i>The Arab Legion</i>. Men-at-Arms. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 24. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85045-084-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85045-084-2"><bdi>978-0-85045-084-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Arab+Legion&rft.series=Men-at-Arms&rft.pages=24&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-85045-084-2&rft.aulast=Young&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDambītis2016" class="citation thesis cs1">Dambītis, Kārlis (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dspace.lu.lv/dspace/handle/7/31857?locale-attribute=en"><i>Latvijas armijas artilērija 1919.-1940.g.: Vieta bruņotajos spēkos, struktūra un uzdevumi</i></a> [<i>Artillery of the Latvian Army (1918–1940): structure, tasks and place in the Armed forces</i>] (PhD thesis). University of Latvia. p. 225.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Latvijas+armijas+artil%C4%93rija+1919.-1940.g.%3A+Vieta+bru%C5%86otajos+sp%C4%93kos%2C+strukt%C5%ABra+un+uzdevumi&rft.inst=University+of+Latvia&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Damb%C4%ABtis&rft.aufirst=K%C4%81rlis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdspace.lu.lv%2Fdspace%2Fhandle%2F7%2F31857%3Flocale-attribute%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomasCaballero_Jurado2002" class="citation book cs1">Thomas, Nigel; Caballero Jurado, Carlos (25 January 2002). <i>Germany's Eastern Front Allies (2): Baltic Forces</i>. Men-at-Arms 363. Osprey Publishing. pp. <span class="nowrap">46–</span>47. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781841761930" title="Special:BookSources/9781841761930"><bdi>9781841761930</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Germany%27s+Eastern+Front+Allies+%282%29%3A+Baltic+Forces&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+363&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E46-%3C%2Fspan%3E47&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2002-01-25&rft.isbn=9781841761930&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Nigel&rft.au=Caballero+Jurado%2C+Carlos&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=374927252955669&set=pcb.374927579622303&type=3&theater=">"RaRe & Klasik – Anggota Tentera dari Regimen Askar Melayu di Singapura – 1941"</a>. <i>Facebook</i> (in Malay).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Facebook&rft.atitle=RaRe+%26+Klasik+%E2%80%93+Anggota+Tentera+dari+Regimen+Askar+Melayu+di+Singapura+%E2%80%93+1941&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D374927252955669%26set%3Dpcb.374927579622303%26type%3D3%26theater%3D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969147-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969147_89-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 147.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grebbeberg.nl/index.php?page=vickers-m-018">"Vickers M.018"</a>. <i>grebbeberg.nl</i> (in Dutch)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=grebbeberg.nl&rft.atitle=Vickers+M.018&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grebbeberg.nl%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dvickers-m-018&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss196779,_89-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloomfieldLeiss196779,_89_91-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967">Bloomfield & Leiss 1967</a>, pp. 79, 89.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStackO'Sullivan2013" class="citation book cs1">Stack, Wayne; O'Sullivan, Barry (20 March 2013). <i>The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II</i>. Men-at-Arms 486. Osprey Publishing. p. 44. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781780961118" title="Special:BookSources/9781780961118"><bdi>9781780961118</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Zealand+Expeditionary+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+486&rft.pages=44&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2013-03-20&rft.isbn=9781780961118&rft.aulast=Stack&rft.aufirst=Wayne&rft.au=O%27Sullivan%2C+Barry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-py-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-py_93-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSamaniego1985" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Samaniego, Marcial (1985). "Situación de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación en el decenio de la pré-Guerra del Chaco". <i>Anuário de la Academia de Historia Militar del Paraguay</i> (in Spanish). <b>1</b>. Academia de Historia Militar del Paraguay.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Anu%C3%A1rio+de+la+Academia+de+Historia+Militar+del+Paraguay&rft.atitle=Situaci%C3%B3n+de+las+Fuerzas+Armadas+de+la+Naci%C3%B3n+en+el+decenio+de+la+pr%C3%A9-Guerra+del+Chaco&rft.volume=1&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Samaniego&rft.aufirst=Marcial&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1969530-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1969530_94-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1969">Smith 1969</a>, p. 530.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMinisterul_Apărării_Naționale_Marele_Stat_Major_Serviciul_istoric1934" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Ministerul Apărării Naționale Marele Stat Major Serviciul istoric (1934). "Documente–Anexe". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/142287"><i>România în războiul mondial : 1916-1919</i></a> (in Romanian). Vol. I. p. 56.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Documente%E2%80%93Anexe&rft.btitle=Rom%C3%A2nia+%C3%AEn+r%C4%83zboiul+mondial+%3A+1916-1919&rft.pages=56&rft.date=1934&rft.au=Ministerul+Ap%C4%83r%C4%83rii+Na%C8%9Bionale+Marele+Stat+Major+Serviciul+istoric&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.bcucluj.ro%2Fhandle%2F123456789%2F142287&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203938/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone">"World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone"</a>. 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone">the original</a> on 24 November 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World+Infantry+Weapons%3A+Sierra+Leone&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fworldinventory%2Fwiw_af_sierraleone&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeinz" class="citation web cs1">Heinz, Leonard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Small-Arms-of-the-Spanish-Civil-War.pdf">"Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Small+Arms+of+the+Spanish+Civil+War&rft.aulast=Heinz&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenweapons.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2FSmall-Arms-of-the-Spanish-Civil-War.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Capie-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Capie_98-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCapie2004" class="citation book cs1">Capie, David (2004). <i>Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific</i>. Wellington: Victoria University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">66–</span>69. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0864734532" title="Special:BookSources/978-0864734532"><bdi>978-0864734532</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Under+the+Gun%3A+The+Small+Arms+Challenge+in+the+Pacific&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E66-%3C%2Fspan%3E69&rft.pub=Victoria+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0864734532&rft.aulast=Capie&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230418124153/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/wwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war/">"WWII weapons in Yemen's civil war"</a>. <i>WWIIAfterWWII</i>. 9 September 2018. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/wwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war/">the original</a> on 18 April 2023. <q>The Vickers machine gun also served the UK during both world wars. Water-cooled, it fired the .303 British cartridge from 250 round fabric belts at 450rpm. This weapon weighed 51 lbs and as designed, had a 3-man team assigned to it. During the Federation of South Arabia's [the predecessor to South Yemen's] short life, it had its own military, called the Federal Army. Its main medium machine gun was the Vickers.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WWIIAfterWWII&rft.atitle=WWII+weapons+in+Yemen%27s+civil+war&rft.date=2018-09-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F09%2F09%2Fwwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldsmith1994" class="citation book cs1">Goldsmith, Dolf L. (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jD4APQAACAAJ"><i>The Grand Old Lady of No Man's Land: The Vickers Machinegun</i></a>. Cobourg, Ontario: Collector Grade Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0889351479" title="Special:BookSources/978-0889351479"><bdi>978-0889351479</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Grand+Old+Lady+of+No+Man%27s+Land%3A+The+Vickers+Machinegun&rft.place=Cobourg%2C+Ontario&rft.pub=Collector+Grade+Publications&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0889351479&rft.aulast=Goldsmith&rft.aufirst=Dolf+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjD4APQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPegler2013" class="citation book cs1">Pegler, Martin (20 May 2013). <i>The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun</i>. Weapon 25. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781780963822" title="Special:BookSources/9781780963822"><bdi>9781780963822</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Vickers-Maxim+Machine+Gun&rft.series=Weapon+25&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2013-05-20&rft.isbn=9781780963822&rft.aulast=Pegler&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1969" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Joseph E. (1969). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit"><i>Small Arms of the World</i></a></span> (11th ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780811715669" title="Special:BookSources/9780811715669"><bdi>9780811715669</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Small+Arms+of+the+World&rft.place=Harrisburg%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=The+Stackpole+Company&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=9780811715669&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Joseph+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsmallarmsofworld00smit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichardson1902" class="citation journal cs1">Richardson, A. (1902). "Vickers, Sons and Maxim Limited: Their Works and Manufactures". <i>Engineering</i>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/457878220">457878220</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Engineering&rft.atitle=Vickers%2C+Sons+and+Maxim+Limited%3A+Their+Works+and+Manufactures&rft.date=1902&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F457878220&rft.aulast=Richardson&rft.aufirst=A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span> (Plates showing the mechanism of the forerunner of the Vickers gun, the Vickers Maxim gun, as well as numerous plates of the factories in which they and other arms were made.)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell2023" class="citation journal cs1">Russell, Mark (2023). "The Vickers are Coming! The Ubiquitous Vickers Mk I Machine-gun". <i>The Aviation Historian</i> (45): <span class="nowrap">40–</span>50. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2051-1930">2051-1930</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Aviation+Historian&rft.atitle=The+Vickers+are+Coming%21+The+Ubiquitous+Vickers+Mk+I+Machine-gun&rft.issue=45&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E40-%3C%2Fspan%3E50&rft.date=2023&rft.issn=2051-1930&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVickers+machine+gun" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" class="extiw" title="commons:Vickers machine gun"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Vickers machine gun</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/handbookvickers00deptgoog">Handbook of the Vickers machine gun, model of 1915, with pack outfits and accessories ... 19 March 1917</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055848/http://www.essentialsomme.com/articles/british_machine_gun_tactics.htm">British Vickers Gun tactics during the Great War</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spartacus-educational.com/FWWvickers.htm">Spartacus Educational - Vickers machine gun</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG2YfcAJrtU:">YouTube animation showing mechanism of Vickers machine gun</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_Empire_small_arms_of_the_First_World_War2320" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWI_British_Empire_small_arms" title="Template:WWI British Empire small arms"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWI_British_Empire_small_arms" title="Template talk:WWI British Empire small arms"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWI_British_Empire_small_arms" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWI British Empire small arms"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="British_Empire_small_arms_of_the_First_World_War2320" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> small arms of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Metford" title="Lee–Metford">Lee–Metford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE) rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE) rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1914_Enfield" title="Pattern 1914 Enfield">Pattern 1914 Enfield</a> rifle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_rifle" title="Ross rifle">Ross Rifle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">Sidearms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Webley_Revolver" title="Webley Revolver">Webley .455" Revolver Mk. IV–VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webley_Self-Loading_Pistol" title="Webley Self-Loading Pistol">Webley .455" Pistol Mk. I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_New_Service" title="Colt New Service">Colt New Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Triple_Lock" title="Smith & Wesson Triple Lock">Smith & Wesson Triple Lock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Edged_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Edged weapon">Edged weapons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1897_infantry_officer%27s_sword" title="Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword">Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1907_bayonet" title="Pattern 1907 bayonet">Pattern 1907 bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1908_cavalry_sword" title="Pattern 1908 cavalry sword">Pattern 1908 cavalry sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1907_bayonet#Pattern_1913_bayonet" title="Pattern 1907 bayonet">Pattern 1913 bayonet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vickers machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1909_Ben%C3%A9t%E2%80%93Merci%C3%A9_machine_gun" title="Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun">Hotchkiss Mark I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hand_grenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand grenade">Hand grenades</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_grenade" title="No. 1 grenade">No. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_grenade" title="No. 2 grenade">No. 2 <i>Hales Pattern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hales_rifle_grenade" title="Hales rifle grenade">Nos. 3, 20, 24, 35 Hales rifle grenades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_bomb" title="Mills bomb">Nos. 5, 23, 36 <i>Mills</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_grenade" title="No. 6 grenade">No. 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jam_tin_grenade" title="Jam tin grenade">Nos. 8, 9 <i>Jam Tin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._13_Battye_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 13 Battye grenade (page does not exist)">No. 13 <i>Battye</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._14_Pitcher_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 14 Pitcher grenade (page does not exist)">No. 14 <i>Pitcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_ball_grenade" title="No. 15 ball grenade">No. 15 <i>Ball</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_ball_grenade#No_16_Oval_grenade" title="No. 15 ball grenade">No. 16 <i>Oval</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._17_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 17 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 17 <i>Opera hat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1_grenade" title="No. 1 grenade">No. 18</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._19_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 19 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 19</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._21_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 21 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 21 "Spherical"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._22_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 22 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 22 <i>Newton-Pippin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._25_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 25 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 25 <i>Sangster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._27_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 27 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._28_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 28 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 28 Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._29_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 29 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 29 Gas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._31_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 31 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 31 Day Signal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._32_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 32 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 32 Night Signal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._33_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 33 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 32 "Spherical E"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._34_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 34 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 34 <i>Egg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._37_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 37 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 37</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_grenade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 39 grenade (page does not exist)">No. 39 <i>Steuart Pattern</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">Mortars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_1.57-inch_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickers 1.57-inch mortar">Vickers 1.57-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-inch_medium_mortar" title="2-inch medium mortar">2-inch medium mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garland_trench_mortar" title="Garland trench mortar">Garland trench mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stokes_mortar" title="Stokes mortar">3-inch Stokes mortar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grenade_launcher" title="Grenade launcher">Grenade launchers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leach_trench_catapult" title="Leach trench catapult">Leach trench catapult</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Spring_Gun" title="West Spring Gun">West Spring Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauterelle" title="Sauterelle">Sauterelle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.455_Webley" title=".455 Webley">.455 Webley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_Commonwealth_small_arms_of_World_War_II_and_Korea2277" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WW2_Brit_Comm_infantry_guns" title="Template:WW2 Brit Comm infantry guns"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WW2_Brit_Comm_infantry_guns" title="Template talk:WW2 Brit Comm infantry guns"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WW2_Brit_Comm_infantry_guns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WW2 Brit Comm infantry guns"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="British_Commonwealth_small_arms_of_World_War_II_and_Korea2277" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">British Commonwealth <a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">small arms</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korea</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">Sidearms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Webley_Revolver" title="Webley Revolver">Webley Mk IV & Mk VI Revolvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_No._2" title="Enfield No. 2">Enfield No. 2</a> Mk I Revolver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power" title="Browning Hi-Power">Browning P-35 "Hi-Power" pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1911_pistol" title="M1911 pistol">M1911/M1911A1 pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_10" title="Smith & Wesson Model 10">Smith & Wesson "Victory" revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welrod" title="Welrod">Welrod</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a> & <br /><a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">submachine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">SMLE No. 1 Mk III* & Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk.I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1914_Enfield" title="Pattern 1914 Enfield">Pattern 1914 Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_carbine" title="Jungle carbine">Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk.I "jungle carbine"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_rifle" title="Ross rifle">Ross Rifle Mk.III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Lisle_carbine" title="De Lisle carbine">De Lisle Commando carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sten" title="Sten">Sten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanchester_submachine_gun" title="Lanchester submachine gun">Lanchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_submachine_gun" title="Sterling submachine gun">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_submachine_gun" title="Austen submachine gun">Austen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kokoda_submachine_gun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kokoda submachine gun (page does not exist)">Kokoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_gun" title="Owen gun">Owen gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSA_Welgun" title="BSA Welgun">Welgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">M1921/M1928/M1 Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1907_bayonet" title="Pattern 1907 bayonet">Pattern 1907 bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_1907_bayonet#Pattern_1913_bayonet" title="Pattern 1907 bayonet">Pattern 1913 bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_bayonet" title="No. 4 bayonet">No. 4 bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_bayonet" title="No. 5 bayonet">No. 5 bayonet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine-guns</a> &<br />other larger weapons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Besa_machine_gun" title="Besa machine gun">Besa machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">Bren gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlton Automatic Rifle">Charlton Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vickers MG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers%E2%80%93Berthier" title="Vickers–Berthier">Vickers–Berthier LMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_K_machine_gun" title="Vickers K machine gun">Vickers K gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PIAT" title="PIAT">PIAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boys_anti-tank_rifle" title="Boys anti-tank rifle">Rifle, anti-tank, .55 in, Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacker_Bombard" title="Blacker Bombard">29 mm spigot mortar "Blacker Bombard"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-inch_mortar" title="Two-inch mortar">SBML 2-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northover_Projector" title="Northover Projector">Projector, 2½-inch Mk. II "Northover"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ML_3-inch_mortar" title="ML 3-inch mortar">ML 3-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ML_4.2-inch_mortar" title="ML 4.2-inch mortar">ML 4.2-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_Gun" title="Smith Gun">3-inch Mk. I OSB gun "Smith gun"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamethrower,_Portable,_No_2" title="Flamethrower, Portable, No 2">No. 2 "Lifebuoy" flamethrower</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hand_grenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand grenade">Grenades</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:WW1and2_British_Grenades" title="Template:WW1and2 British Grenades">British grenades of WWI and WW2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_bomb" title="Mills bomb">Mills bomb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">Small arms</a> <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">cartridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm_Parabellum" title="9×19mm Parabellum">9mm Parabellum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.455_Webley" title=".455 Webley">.455 Webley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.38_S%26W" title=".38 S&W">.38/200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.50_BMG" title=".50 BMG">.50 BMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.55_Boys" title=".55 Boys">.55 Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=15%C3%97104mm_Brno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15×104mm Brno (page does not exist)">15×104mm Brno</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="US_infantry_weapons_of_World_War_I1975" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav" title="Template:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav" title="Template talk:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWIUSInfWeaponsNav"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="US_infantry_weapons_of_World_War_I1975" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">US infantry weapons of World War I</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">Sidearms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1911_pistol" title="M1911 pistol">M1911 pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Revolver" title="M1917 Revolver">M1917 Revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_New_Service" title="Colt New Service">M1909 revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_M1892" title="Colt M1892">Colt M1892 series revolvers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1903_Springfield" title="M1903 Springfield">M1903 Springfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pedersen_device" title="Pedersen device">Pedersen Device</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Enfield" title="M1917 Enfield">M1917 Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berthier_rifle" title="Berthier rifle">Berthier rifle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine<br />guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Chauchat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1918_Browning_automatic_rifle" title="M1918 Browning automatic rifle">M1918 BAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1909_Ben%C3%A9t%E2%80%93Merci%C3%A9_machine_gun" title="Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun">M1909 Benét–Mercié</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1895_Colt%E2%80%93Browning_machine_gun" title="M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun">M1895 Colt–Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_Mle_1914_machine_gun" title="Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun">M1914 Hotchkiss</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Colt–Vickers_M1915">Colt–Vickers M1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1917 Browning machine gun">M1917 Browning</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">Shotguns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1897" title="Winchester Model 1897">Winchester Model 1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1912" title="Winchester Model 1912">Winchester Model 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_Auto-5" title="Browning Auto-5">Browning Auto-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remington_Model_10" title="Remington Model 10">Remington Model 10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">Grenades</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F1_grenade_(France)" title="F1 grenade (France)">F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_bomb" title="Mills bomb">Mills bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mk_1_grenade" title="Mk 1 grenade">Mk 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mk_2_grenade" title="Mk 2 grenade">Mk 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MK3_grenade" title="MK3 grenade">Mk 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VB_rifle_grenade" title="VB rifle grenade">VB rifle grenade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauge_(firearms)" title="Gauge (firearms)">12 Gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.45_Colt" title=".45 Colt">.45 Colt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.38_Long_Colt" title=".38 Long Colt">.38 Long Colt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">.30-06 Springfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Maxim_gun_derivatives87" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Maximgunnavbox" title="Template:Maximgunnavbox"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Maximgunnavbox" title="Template talk:Maximgunnavbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Maximgunnavbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Maximgunnavbox"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Maxim_gun_derivatives87" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a> derivatives</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stationary machine guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08">MG 08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_11" title="MG 11">MG 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parabellum_MG_14" title="Parabellum MG 14">MG 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PM_M1910" title="PM M1910">PM M1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PV-1_machine_gun" title="PV-1 machine gun">PV-1</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vickers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portable machine guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxim%E2%80%93Tokarev" title="Maxim–Tokarev">Maxim–Tokarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_08#LMG_08/15" title="MG 08">MG08/15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_08#LMG_08/15" title="MG 08">MG08/18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heavy machine guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MG_18_TuF" title="MG 18 TuF">MG 18 TuF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_.50_machine_gun" title="Vickers .50 machine gun">Vickers .50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom" title="QF 1-pounder pom-pom">QF 1-pounder pom-pom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11%C3%9759mmR_Gras#"Balloon_buster"" title="11×59mmR Gras">11mm Vickers aircraft machine gun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&oldid=1275074387">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&oldid=1275074387</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:.30-06_Springfield_machine_guns" title="Category:.30-06 Springfield machine guns">.30-06 Springfield machine guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:.303_British_machine_guns" title="Category:.303 British machine guns">.303 British machine guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Aircraft_guns" title="Category:Aircraft guns">Aircraft guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Early_machine_guns" title="Category:Early machine guns">Early machine guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Machine_guns_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Machine guns of the United Kingdom">Machine guns of the United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Medium_machine_guns" title="Category:Medium machine guns">Medium machine guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tank_guns" title="Category:Tank guns">Tank guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vickers" title="Category:Vickers">Vickers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Philippine_Army" title="Category:Weapons of the Philippine Army">Weapons of the Philippine Army</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_I_aircraft_guns" title="Category:World War I aircraft guns">World War I aircraft guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_I_British_infantry_weapons" title="Category:World War I British infantry weapons">World War I British infantry weapons</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_I_infantry_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Category:World War I infantry weapons of the United States">World War I infantry weapons of the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_I_machine_guns" title="Category:World War I machine guns">World War I machine guns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_II_infantry_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:World War II infantry weapons of the United Kingdom">World War II infantry weapons of the United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_II_machine_guns" title="Category:World War II machine guns">World War II machine guns</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_French-language_sources_(fr)" title="Category:CS1 French-language sources (fr)">CS1 French-language sources (fr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_Polish-language_sources_(pl)" title="Category:Articles with Polish-language sources (pl)">Articles with Polish-language sources (pl)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Italian-language_sources_(it)" title="Category:CS1 Italian-language sources (it)">CS1 Italian-language sources (it)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1:_long_volume_value" title="Category:CS1: long volume value">CS1: long volume value</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Malay-language_sources_(ms)" title="Category:CS1 Malay-language sources (ms)">CS1 Malay-language sources (ms)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Dutch-language_sources_(nl)" title="Category:CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)">CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Spanish-language_sources_(es)" title="Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)">CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Romanian-language_sources_(ro)" title="Category:CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro)">CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_May_2017" title="Category:Use dmy dates from May 2017">Use dmy dates from May 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_British_English_from_May_2017" title="Category:Use British English from May 2017">Use British English from May 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_October_2018" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from October 2018">Articles with unsourced statements from October 2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_specifically_marked_weasel-worded_phrases" title="Category:All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases">All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_specifically_marked_weasel-worded_phrases_from_June_2022" title="Category:Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from June 2022">Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from June 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons link is on Wikidata">Commons link is on Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 10 February 2025, at 22:36<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vickers_machine_gun&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" width="88" height="31"><img src="/w/resources/assets/mediawiki_compact.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="25" height="25" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">Vickers machine gun</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>32 languages</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-65b64b4b74-j6dqs","wgBackendResponseTime":168,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.297","walltime":"1.639","ppvisitednodes":{"value":12552,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":220328,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":21524,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":19,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":6,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":301587,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1381.089 1 -total"," 39.46% 544.933 1 Template:Reflist"," 18.27% 252.388 1 Template:Infobox_weapon"," 11.09% 153.204 1 Template:Infobox"," 9.85% 136.078 27 Template:Cite_book"," 9.73% 134.446 50 Template:Main_other"," 9.23% 127.457 36 Template:Sfn"," 8.89% 122.840 47 Template:Flag"," 8.10% 111.808 1 Template:In_lang"," 7.80% 107.708 4 Template:Military_navigation"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.717","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":20612143,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"anchor_id_list = table#1 {\n [\"CITEREFAdams2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFAlejandro_de_Quesada2011\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBishop2002\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBloomfieldLeiss1967\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFByrne2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFCapie2004\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFChartrand2001\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFChris_Bishop2002\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFDambītis2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFDriver1997\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFisher\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFrançois2023\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFGoldsmith1994\"] = 3,\n [\"CITEREFHeinz\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHoggBatchelor,_John1976\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFJowett2010\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFLeague_of_Nations1924\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFLohnstein2018\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMikesh2004\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMinisterul_Apărării_Naționale_Marele_Stat_Major_Serviciul_istoric1934\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFNeeson2003\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPegler2013\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFRichardson1902\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFRickard2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFRussell2023\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSamaniego1985\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSegel2012\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSmith1969\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSomasundaram2021\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFStackO\u0026#039;Sullivan2013\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSteenkamp2006\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSteenkampHelmoed-Römer2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSuciu2021\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFThomasCaballero_Jurado2002\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFTuckerRoberts2008\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWeeks2009\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWindrow1997\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFYoung1972\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFde_Quesada2015\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFdi_Difilippo2006\"] = 1,\n}\ntemplate_list = table#1 {\n [\"Citation needed\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite AV media\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite book\"] = 27,\n [\"Cite encyclopedia\"] = 3,\n [\"Cite journal\"] = 3,\n [\"Cite magazine\"] = 3,\n [\"Cite news\"] = 4,\n [\"Cite thesis\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite web\"] = 23,\n [\"Commons\"] = 1,\n [\"Convert\"] = 19,\n [\"Distinguish\"] = 1,\n [\"Div col\"] = 1,\n [\"Div col end\"] = 1,\n [\"Flag\"] = 47,\n [\"Flagicon\"] = 1,\n [\"Flagicon image\"] = 2,\n [\"HMS\"] = 1,\n [\"Harvid\"] = 1,\n [\"ISBN\"] = 3,\n [\"In lang\"] = 1,\n [\"Indented plainlist\"] = 1,\n [\"Infobox weapon\"] = 1,\n [\"Main\"] = 1,\n [\"Maximgunnavbox\"] = 1,\n [\"Quote box\"] = 1,\n [\"Reflist\"] = 1,\n [\"Sfn\"] = 36,\n [\"Ubli\"] = 2,\n [\"Use British English\"] = 1,\n [\"Use dmy dates\"] = 1,\n [\"WW2 Brit Comm Infantry Guns\"] = 1,\n [\"WWI British Empire small arms\"] = 1,\n [\"WWIUSInfWeaponsNav\"] = 1,\n [\"Webarchive\"] = 1,\n [\"Which\"] = 1,\n}\narticle_whitelist = table#1 {\n}\nciteref_patterns = table#1 {\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-65b64b4b74-vpqfv","timestamp":"20250219122632","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Vickers machine gun","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vickers_machine_gun","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q754800","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q754800","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-05-11T04:31:04Z","dateModified":"2025-02-10T22:36:37Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Vickers_Machine_Gun_YORCM_CA78ac_%28cropped%29.jpg","headline":"7.7 mm medium machine gun"}</script> </body> </html>