16 Vickers Machine Guns in Action! - Commemorating the Legacy of the Machine Gun Corps
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- A couple of weeks ago I had the honour of taking part in a shoot at Bisley to commemorate the disbandment of the British Army’s Machine Gun Corps. For the first time in 20 years a company's worth of Vickers Guns (16 in total) were fired demonstrating their capabilities.
Not only did the day illustrate the impressive volume of fire that the guns were capable of but it also put their lethality into perspective. The shoot illustrated the devastation the weapons could bring and the important legacy of the men who manned them.
Find out more about Vickers Guns, the Machine Gun Corps and this shoot at: vickersmg.blog/
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Thanks for watching guys, check out the accompanying article for more photos: armourersbench.com/2022/07/17/16-vickers-machine-guns-in-action-commemorating-the-legacy-of-the-machine-gun-corps/
Feel like Rule Britannia should be dubbed over this
Nothing todo with “ Rule Britannia” unless you’ve lived the life in the Military Life🇬🇧 until you have Don’t mention “ Rule Britannia” God Save The King
@@robertmaley8836did you have a stroke while typing that?
Love those uniforms. Brits really were the best dressed in WWI.
Interesting. Nice to see the old guns in action. I thought that the UK would have banned this type of weapon. Who owns the guns?
Thank you! They're all privately owned by Section 5 authorities (kind of like an RFD in the US).
My great grandfather and his brother (if I'm remembering correctly) invented this particular machine gun. I'm half Vickers thanks to my mom...
Mom had the blessing of being a Vickers named Vicky .... Vicky Vickers lol, poor five year old momma! Anyways that's why my middle names Victoria!
Impressive!
It was quite an impressive sight to see in person and a little scary too. Can certainly see why a condenser hose and can is necessary for concealment.
I think I talked to Darren whilst at the spotlight event, everyone was incredibly knowable.
It was wasn't it. Yes, Darren is a nice chap and knows his stuff, really great to see so many people interested.
Lovely! Two questions:
Does SASC still teach indirect MG?
How do you get one of them bad boys on your FAC? 😁
You can get one with a section 5 license, but those are tough to get. And indirect MG fire is still a very relevant tactic for long range support, machine gunners on GPMG’s still train to do it and use it in combat
@@tomsoki5738 Probably cheaper to move to America. 🙂
@@dermotrooney9584 For a Vickers maybe, but any newer full auto it's just as hard in the UK/US
The tripods on these are soooo tall and heavy looking. Great if you've plenty of time to choose a position and set up behind sandbags or something but otherwise they are so exposed? Be nice if they'd made a lighter tripod that allowed a much lower position I think that could OPTIONALLY be weighed down with something for stability as needed? Either height adjustable or allowed quick insertion of say a foot long vertical section again if needed.
Just a thought!
They are very heavy. Heavier than the gun. But you can set them up quite low.
Noiceeeeeee!
That looked like a lot of fun
Not alot beats a Good Gun-Line!!
Did a shoot, PDT, 12 GPMG's on the Line; End of shoot, ammo had to be expended, enough for 50-round belts per Gun, Sustained Fire permitted!! Nice and Loud!! With the wonderful aroma of spent cordite lingering in the air 😊
Murphy's Laws of Combat:
Happiness is a warm Gun.
Even with them all firing together it's still a slow firing rate 🤣
No need for barrel changes though and accurate.
Some of the guns were actually running a little faster than the 500 rpm average haha. Mine was running a little slower I think.
Quite deceptive really, considering there's 8000rpm (133 per second!) going downrange.
These are in private hands in England? How is that possible?
Assume it’s a historical group/museum with a section 5
Section 5 holders with various justifications basically.
@@jackcavendish8900 I believe prohibited firearms is section 7 Ie 7.1 & 7.3
@@JCRichardson117nah that’s historical handguns I thought
I'm glad that someone or some groups are still keeping them going.
Now that looks like a brilliant day out
More dakka!
Always.
@@TheArmourersBench always a fan, keep up the good work
Maybe I didn't listen closely enough, but what ammo where they running?
Surplus 303 or reloads?
Anyhow awesome video
Thanks Gordon! We were running PPU made .303. Richard who organised the event is doing a live Q&A this evening on his Vickers MG channel, he's definitely going to be talking about the ammo and lots of other stuff.
@@TheArmourersBench I see, I'll be on the lookout for it, thanks!
Only 16?
We could have had more, we had 2 spares which were both used I believe. But historically 16 represents a company of the Machine Gun Corps during WW1 so I believe that's why it was chosen.
Great video dude who was that devilishly handsome sergeant in 60pat ha ha ha
Haha thanks Jake, well he had to be included didn't he.
@@TheArmourersBench ha ha ha
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The organisation has plenty of serving and former service people. Sounds like you missed the point of the demonstration. Thanks for watching.
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Awesome content lately
Thanks Joe!