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Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual: 1886 to 1968 (All Models): An Insight Into the Development, Manufacture and Operation of the Vickers-M

Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual: 1886 to 1968 (All Models): An Insight Into the Development, Manufacture and Operation of the Vickers-M

Pegler, Martin

Hardcover

Series: Enthusiasts' Manual

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Military HistoryWeaponry & Vehicles

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ISBN10: 1785215639
ISBN13: 9781785215636
Publisher: Haynes North Amer Inc
Published: Nov 26 2019
Pages: 172
Weight: 1.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.70
Language: English
Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual is the first in a new range of Haynes 'crew-served' heavy weapons manuals. 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. Gradually refined to become the Vickers 0.303in medium machine-gun, it was used widely by British and Commonwealth forces in both world wars. 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 infantry, aircraft and armoured vehicles in the world wars of the 20th century.

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