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Model Vickers Machine gun, 1918 (c)

Silver plate, made 1918 (c).

The .303 inch Vickers machine gun was the British Army's primary heavy machine gun during World War One (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945). Famed for its reliability, it could fire over 600 rounds per minute and had a range of 4,500 yards. The Vickers continued to be used by the British Army into the 1960s.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1964-06-8-3

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1964-06-8-3