Vickers machine gun Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Vickers Medium Machine Gun
A typical Vickers machine gun crew in action
Type	Medium machine gun
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1912–1968
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War I Chaco War World War II Indo-Pakistan War of 1947 1948 Arab–Israeli War Korean War The Troubles Congo Crisis South African Border War
Production history
Designed	1912
Manufacturer	Vickers
Produced	1912–1968
Specifications
Mass	33–51 lb (15–23 kg) all-up
Length	3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
Barrel length	28 in (720 mm)
Crew	three man crew

Cartridge	.303 British
Action	recoil with gas boost
Rate of fire	450 to 500 round/min
Muzzle velocity	2440 ft/s (744 m/s)
Effective firing range	2,187 yd (2,000 m)
Maximum firing range	4,500 yd (4,100 m) indirect fire
Feed system	250-round canvas belt

The Vickers machine gun (also known as the Vickers gun) was a machine gun that was used by the British Army from 1912 to 1968. It was made by Vickers Limited. The gun was very reliable. It was one of the most commonly used weapons in the first world war.

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A Vickers machine gun crew in action at the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, September 1917
The cockpit of a Bristol Scout biplane in 1916, showing a Vickers machine gun synchronised to fire through the propeller by an early Vickers-Challenger interrupter gear.
An Indian Army Vickers machine gun crew in the North West Frontier, India, 1940.
Australian soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operate a Vickers gun during fighting near Chipyong-ni during the Korean War, February 1951
Rimmed, centrefire Mk 7 .303 inch cartridge from World War II. The type of ammunition is denoted by the colour of the annulus, the narrow ring shown here surrounding the percussion cap
Soldiers of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry firing a Vickers machine gun during a training exercise, Eastbourne, England, 3 December 1942
Clinometer for Vickers .303 machine gun
British Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme. Both are wearing gas masks.
Rear view of Vickers gun team in action at the Battle of the Somme.
Vickers gun set up for anti-aircraft purposes during the First World War.
Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment in Malaya, 1941.
British Vickers gunners in action in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. All are wearing the Mk III Turtle helmet.
British commandos on the outskirts of Wesel during Operation Plunder in 1945.
View of the breech of a Vickers gun showing brass feed ramp.
Dorsal view of a Vickers gun showing fluted water-cooling tank.
Vickers machine gun from Polish Army Museum's collection.

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