16 Vickers Machine Guns in Action! - Commemorating the Machine Gun Corps
Britain
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13m
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: https://vickersmg.blog/
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