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Thanks Allan. We’re getting back into the swing of the videos a little bit now that the charity application has been completed and approved. Another one of these is available already on Patreon.

Definitely. Have you seen our video of 16 guns firing at Bisley in 2022?

@vickersmg yes and it was magnificent!

@DirtyDiksgunoroma glad you liked it!

Thank you very much. Please make sure you subscribe and even go to Patreon for more content www.patreon.com/vickersmg

Wire gauze remained part of the cleaning kits for quite a long time after the Second World War, only really disappearing in the last couple of decades I think.

The powders themselves are fairly clean, the real issue is the compound in primers that are left in the barrel, that is what salts up and corrodes with moisture

We’ve got plans to add more very soon as we know it’s one of our greatest capabilities with huge reach.

Thank you! As said, we have a few weeks of these coming

Never tried. Would they create more fouling in the chamber or feedblock? Likely leading to earlier stoppages.

@ no idea, but I heard SP ammo has feeding issue on some Lee-enfields, never try on vickers. Might test it out some day I hope 😂

Yes, it’s the gas produced from the combustion processes when the round of ammunition is fired.

A private or perhaps a lance-corporal but nothing more.

@@vickersmg Thank you. I see some of the organisational charts seem to put the Rangefinder in the section command, almost suggesting they are the section commander, but I presume it's actually the corporal from the first gun team that's actally the section commander.

@theDexMcHenry which organisation charts? The range-taker is part of the section commander’s element in the Second World War but never in command.

Thank you. Glad you think so.

Yes, some are Belton. Others are Clipstone and Harrowby which were also training barracks as Belton expanded. Is this him? discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c04353ef-4380-4aa6-bb8c-512d60939e6d

Absolutely. The GPMG has indeed surpassed the Vickers as it’s been in British Service for 62 years now, versus the Vickers’ 56 years. The British Army has had only three different ‘main’ machine guns since the 1870s which is quite something and a reminder that change ‘because it’s old’ isn’t always necessary. The remarkable point about the Vickers is not necessarily the length of service but that it spanned from the steam age to the nuclear / jet age.

Thank you. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to watch the full video as well.

yeah, i would try

Here’s the link: www.patreon.com/posts/112567490?

thanks m8

We’re not. It’s free to watch, just posted on Patreon rather than YT. www.patreon.com/posts/royal-armouries-112567490. We do rely on funding and subscriptions as well though so not really a ‘money grab’.

Says ..."We have hosted the full video on Patreon (with free access)". Just over 15 minutes. Free access.

All the same ammunition but different angles, cameras, microphones and the spring tension on the gun all result in different sounds from each gun. An interesting aspect in itself.

Apologies Phil. It is available for everyone at www.patreon.com/posts/112567490. We will sort a YT version for you too over the weekend.

Head to www.patreon.com/posts/112567490 and it’s there ready for you!

We do have smooth barrel casing guns made in Britain too but this particular one was Australian.

Or was it the snub-nosed blank not feeding properly?

Watched it properly and it looks more like an ejection problem than extraction.

Full video already online at www.patreon.com/posts/112567490. Enjoy!

@@andrewflindall9048 wasn't pulling the bolt back far enough, was trying to go fast and fluffed it

Blank 303 ammunition is a lot shorter than live stuff, with a crimped end...so you get lots of hang ups when feeding via the magazine...when using live ammo no such problems and very rapid firing can take place

We are gradually cataloguing and organising these so they can be sorted and interrogated by various ways. They have been collated and assembled from disconnected purchases over the years and continue to be added to. All with be available through our Patreon archive over the next year or so.

Not unless he had qualified on the Vickers MG as there wasn’t an approved course for the Vickers K.

@@vickersmg But the vickers K is also a machine gun as the Vickers MG no ?

Yes but the badge represents that they have passed the course on the machine gun which was the Vickers MMG at the time. There wasn’t a manual or pamphlet for the Vickers K that we’re aware of which contains the qualifying criteria. The course for the Vickers K would have been much more limited as well, more like the Bren course.

@@vickersmg ok i see thanks

Yes, we think it was a low-powered last round that didn’t cycle far enough to catch on the sear.

Thanks Rob. Glad you liked it. We’ve been having some thoughts about how to capture this kind of style in more things in the future.

Honestly: rarely. The balance of admin and management to firing that some of us get makes it quite challenging. Have you seen our video about how we do so? ua-cam.com/video/agMgt_boi8o/v-deo.htmlsi=nmHZNP7P7N-Gx4ng

Were you there at the event? Or did you miss the whole thing? It was a great event for sure.

Thanks Michael. Glad you think so.

Thanks! Really appreciate that. Hopefully more of the same in the future.

They were constructed by Rob who has a UA-cam channel covering lots of military technical designs, particularly torpedoes. He based it on measurements of our own machine I believe.

@@vickersmg could you provide a link to the channel by any chance?

@nichetacticalengineering enjoy! youtube.com/@vbbsmyt?si=eVewRECQ5CM83cgn

British Army in the 1960s, representing their last use of the Vickers.

How do we own machine guns in the UK? The answer. ua-cam.com/video/agMgt_boi8o/v-deo.html

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

Pleased to hear it!

...and the Russians had the Federov Avtomat. But it was the submachine gun that really caught on immediately post-WW1, until eventually (mostly) phased out by the advent of intermediate calibre select fire infantry carbines.

@@derekp2674Fedeorov 1916, and Ariska Japan size Full rifle ammo. Battle rifle not smg= pistol ammo

@@454FatJack I agree under modern definitions the Federov can be counted as a battle rifle not an SMG, in contrast to later Avtomats, which were intended to remove the need for SMGs. From WW1 there was also the Pedersen device, not quite an SMG but a result of similar thinking.

Thanks Mike. Glad you think so. We’ll have more titles in the same series coming over the next few years that will hopefully be as interesting for you.

Thanks. Glad you like it.