Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun Enthusiasts Manual
Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun Enthusiasts Manual Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual is the first in a new range of Haynes 'crew-served' heavy weapons manuals. Gradually refined to become the…
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Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun Enthusiasts Manual
Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual is the first in a new range of Haynes 'crew-served' heavy weapons manuals. Gradually refined to become the Vickers 0.303in medium machine-gun, it was used widely by British and Commonwealth forces in both world wars. The Vickers is one of the best-known British heavy machine guns.The Maxim gun was the first fully automated machine gun to be introduced into military service at the end of the 19th century.
Operated by a three-man crew, it was popularly known as 'the Vickers'.Firearms expert and acclaimed author Martin Pegler, a former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, describes the concept of an automated machine-gun and its potential use for land forces; its genesis, design, development and early trials; and the introduction by the UK military of the Vickers machine gun and its adoption for