Italian soldiers using a Vickers machine gun against enemy aircraft, 1917 (c)

Lantern slide, World War One, Salonika (1914-1918), 1917 (c).

The British-made Vickers machine gun was adopted by the Italian Army in 1911. Unlike British and Commonwealth models, which used .303 inch ammunition, the Italian variant fired 6.5 mm rounds.

From box of 111 slides associated with the Balkans, 1914-1918.