John Warwick Brooke - Spotting a German plane
Machine-gun post, France, during World War I. Two machine gunners are preparing to target an enemy aeroplane. The main gunner is sighting and aligning the Vickers machine gun, while his partner is using a teles... More
5th Parachute Battalion Vickers machine gun team
Paratroops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, fire a Vickers machine gun from a rooftop in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 7 December 1944.
British commandos in the shattered outskirts of Wesel
IWM caption : Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945 : British commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade man two Vickers machine guns in the shattered outskirts of Wesel. The 1st Commandos had formed the spearhead of... More
Wojsko Polskie w Zachodniej Europie (21-178-1)
Polski: Żołnierze 1 Samodzielnej Brygady Spadochronowej przy zdobycznym niemieckim ciężkim karabinie maszynowym.English: Unidentified variant of Vickers machine gun, captured by Polish 1st Independent Parachute... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B6940
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Vickers machine guns of 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment supporting an attack by 50th (Northumbrian) Division against the village of Hottot-les-Bagues, south-west ... More
6th Jat Regiment Headquarters Group (Photo 24-144)
6th Jat Regiment Headquarters Group [near Merville, France]. Public domain photograph of India under British rule, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Firing a Maxim gun at an aeroplane, Flanders
Soldiers firing a Maxim gun. Three members of a gun crew, kneeling on the ground, are grouped around a machine gun - they are partly protected by a rise of mud. There are three other soldiers standing in the ba... More
24 Battalion soldier Jim Dempsey with Vickers gun
New Zealand soldier Jim Dempsey from Bren Carrier Platoon, 24 Battalion, at Helwan Camp, Egypt, in 1941. He holds ammunition and a Vickers gun. Photographer unidentified.Note on back of file print reads : Jim ... More
Machine gun firing at a Boche plane, Flanders
Vickers machine-gun crew, Western Front, during World War I. A machine-gun crew using a Vickers machine-gun to fire at an aircraft. The Number 1 of the crew is clearly looking through the sights on the back of ... More
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 Q5159
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 A Corporal of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) stands at a machine gun post in a captured trench at Feuchy during the Battle of Arras, April 1917.
Free french navy sloop 1940
The French Browning Machine Gun being manned by two crew members wearing gas masks. They are on board the French sloop FFS COMMANDANT DUBOC at Plymouth. The ship is manned entirely by Free Frenchmen. Note the ... More
Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks rear view
British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The gunner is wearing a padded waistcoat, enabling him to carry the machine gun bar... More
Machine gun instruction during World War I
These American servicemen appear very relaxed about their machine-gun training. A pair of men are working on each gun, one preparing to fire, the other to feed in ammunition. The guns appear to be the Vickers m... More
Machine gunners firing during which a mine explodes, Flanders
This photograph was taken at night and shows two teams of machine gunners, strategically positioned behind some vegetation. The ground behind them looks sandy, suggesting they might be near the coast. Directly ... More
British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis g...
العربية: صورة لجنود هنود وبريطانيين مشاركين فيما يعرف بـ حملة بلاد الرافدين ضد الدولة العثمانية English: By the end of 1918 the British had deployed 112,000 combat troops in the Mesopotamia theatre. The vast ... More
Home Guard with Vickers gun in lorry IWM H 5745
The machine gun section of Amersham Company, 5th Buckinghamshire Battalion Home Guard pictured with their Vickers gun mounted in an army lorry.
King George VI watching an Australian soldier assemble a machine gun
A.I.F. IN ENGLAND: THE KING VISITS THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE EASTERN COMMAND. HIS MAJESTY WATCHING WITH INTEREST AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ASSEMBLING A VICKERS GUN WHILE BLINDFOLDED.
Machineguncorps 2 during World War I
"Title: THE MACHINE GUN CORPS DURING THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1917". Men of the Machine Gun Corps fire their gun at a German aircraft (not pictured) during the Battle of Arras.
Machine gun post in a barn, Flanders
The machine gun seen here has been set up at the opening to a barn. Two men sit directly behind it and one man kneels in the background. A fourth man can also be seen off to the right. The machine guns used dur... More
British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 E31734
British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 A Vickers machine gun team of the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment during a firing practice in Palestine.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H1112
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A Vickers machine-gun and crew in snowy conditions at Aldershot, 1940.
The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Q72131
The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 British Army soldiers testing a Vickers or Maxim machine gun in their camp.
Indian Army Vickers machine gun section, North West Frontier, India, 1...
The water-cooled .303 inch Vickers was famed for its reliability and could fire over 600 rounds per minute and had a range of 4,500 yards. With proper handling, it could sustain a rate of fire for hours, provi... More
Motor machine gunner in France fixing a belt of ammunition to his gun
Machine-gun crew on motorbike, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a machine-gun team. The gun, which appears to be a Vickers, is mounted on the front of a motor-cycle side car. The Vickers was a ... More
Spotting a German plane, Flanders
Machine-gun post, France, during World War I. Two machine gunners are preparing to target an enemy aeroplane. The main gunner is sighting and aligning the Vickers machine gun, while his partner is using a teles... More
The Manchesters in the Far East A battalion of the Manchester Regiment...
British official photograph: BF-27. No. BO-665. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).
HMS Ashanti .50 machine guns 1942 IWM A 8209
IWM caption : "0.5 inch Vickers machine guns in quadruple Mark III mounting manned on board HMS Ashanti (F51) during a convoy to Russia. Part of the convoy can be seen in the distance."
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q10327 (cropped)
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Troops of the 24th Motor Machine Gun Battalion awaiting inspection by General Henry Horne, the Commander of the First Army, at Dieval, 12 June 1918. The motorbi... More
Vickers machine gun in the Battle of Passchendaele - September 1917
British Vickers machine gun crew during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, World War I (Ypres Salient, West Flanders, Belgium)Español: Ametralladora Vickers en acción y servidores
Ercberte italienische Maschinengwehre und Minenwerfer. Aufgenommen am ...
Ercberte italienische Maschinengwehre und Minenwerfer. Aufgenommen am 22. Mai 1916. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H114
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A Vickers machine-gun team from the Middelsex Regiment, November 1939
Water-cooled machine guns just arrived from the USA under lend-lease a...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Vickers machine gun (19866064476)
Item is a photograph from an album of World War One-related photographs in the William Okell Holden Dodds fonds. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commanding office... More
Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks
British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The gunner is wearing a padded waistcoat, enabling him to carry the machine gun bar... More
Erbeutete italienische Maschinengewehre vor dem Divisionskommando in K...
Erbeutete italienische Maschinengewehre vor dem Divisionskommando in Konstanjevica. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More
The British Army in France 1940 F3019
The British Army in France 1940 Vickers machine guns of 1/7th Manchester Regiment, 3rd Division, set up outside shops in St Pol, 8 March 1940.
The Home Guard, 1940 H4061
The Home Guard, 1940 Home Guards armed with rifles and a Vickers gun during weaponry training at the Altcar training camp in Western Command, 11 September 1940.
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 Q5172
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 Gunners of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) fire their gun at a German aircraft (not pictured) during the Battle of Arras.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q9001
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Motor machine guns - gunners feeding a new ammunition belt into a gun. Dieval, 22 June 1918.
Iraq Suwaydan, Israel
From Palmach archive. Yitzach Sadeh visits the Police fortress at Iraq Suwaydan, 9th November 1948
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q3386...
Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA21876
The British Army in Italy 1945 A Vickers machine-gun of 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps dug into the ground beneath a cowshed, 27 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU1785
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Vickers machine gun of 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 51st (Highland) Division, supporting an attack by 154th Brigade, 8 February 1945.
Vickers machine gun of 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 51st (Highlan...
Vickers machine gun of 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 51st (Highland) Division, supporting an attack by 154th Brigade, 8 February 1945. Vickers machine gun of 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 51st (Highland... More
War Office Second World War Official Collection E17902
War Office Second World War Official Collection Soldiers in desert with machine gun
D50-2 Nr 230 (e) (1941-01-02) 7,7 mm schweres Maschinengewehr 230 (e) ...
Deutsch: D50/2 Nr 222 (b) (1941-01-02) 7,62 mm schweres Maschinengewehr 222 (b) - Mitrailleuse Colt (Bild)
Geraldton exercise 1942 (028696)
AWM Caption: "Geraldton, Australia. An anti-tank gun and Vickers machine gun form a defence post at a corner of Geraldton's main street during field exercises carried out by 2nd and 4th Australian divisions." ... More
From a B To Officer. a B Jack Rupert Boulton, One of Thousands Promote...
From a B To Officer. a B Jack Rupert Boulton, One of Thousands Promoted From the Lower Deck To Meet the War-time Demand of Britain's Great and Expanding Navy. Boulton, a Dorsetman, Redheaded and 6 Ft Tall, Was ... More
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5439
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Vickers machine-gun of 'B' Company, 2nd Cheshire Regiment, 50th Division, near Audrieu, 13 June 1944.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E14569
The British Army in North Africa 1942 A Vickers machine gun team 'in action' near El Alamein, 17 July 1942.
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6588
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 The Battle of the Lys. Troops of the Machine Gun Corps firing a Vickers machine gun at a German aeroplane near Haverskerque, 1 May 1918.
Shore gun crew of HMS Talbot at Halifax LAC 3332865
Shore gun crew of H.M.S. "Talbot", North America and West Indies Squadron. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
AWM 073832 Australian 37th 52nd Infantry Battalion New Guinea 1944
An Australian Vickers machine gun team from the 37/52nd Infantry Battalion on Karkar Island, New Guinea, on 4 June 1944
Vickers RAR Chipyong-ni
An Australian soldier manning a Vickers machine gun during the Korean War.
A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 5 Decembe...
A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 5 December 1944. A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.
British Army Training in the United Kingdom during the First World War...
British Army Training in the United Kingdom during the First World War Officers practice using Vickers machine guns at the British Army School of Musketry at Hythe, Kent, on 21 January 1915.
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6317
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Gunners of the Machine Gun Corps filling their gun with water (coolant), at Graincourt. 24 November 1917.
The British Army in France 1940 F3273
The British Army in France 1940 Vickers machine guns of 7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, 1st Division, at Aubigny-au-Bac, 23 March 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H494
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Recruits of the Northumberland Fusiliers train with a Vickers machine-gun, 1939.
One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the cause...
Identifier: onehundredyearso00morr (find matches) Title: One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833... More
A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th...
A Vickers machine-gun team of 5th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th (Staffordshire) Division in position in a field of corn at Someren in Holland, 21 September 1944. A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal N... More
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E12408
The British Army in North Africa 1942 An LRDG patrol fire a Vickers machine gun from the back of one of their Chevrolet 30cwt trucks, 25 May 1942.
The British Army in North Africa E1818
The British Army in North Africa A Vickers machine gun crew outside Derna, 30 January 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H13818
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Vickers machine-gun teams from 9th Northumberland Fusiliers in action during a practice shoot, Trawsfynydd in Wales, 10 September 1941.
The Campaign in North West Europe 1944-45 B13619
The Campaign in North West Europe 1944-45 Vickers machine gun crew of 'A' Company, 2nd Middlesex Regiment, 3rd Division at Grubbenvorst, Holland, 13 January 1945.
Vickers machine gun team of 10th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, training...
Vickers machine gun team of 10th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, training near Bou Arada, Tunisia, 30 April 1943. Vickers machine gun team of 10th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, training near Bou Arada, 30 April 1943.
Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment
Vickers machine-gun of the 1st Manchester Regiment, 17 October 1941, Malaya.
Piki Wiki Israel 21410 The Palmach
The Palmach, Israel Defense Forces עברית: לוחמי חטיבת הנגב מצטלמים ליד מקלע הויקרס, אחרי כיבוש משלטי התמילה במסגרת מבצע חורב, Original Image Name:מבצע חורב - אחרי כיבוש משלטי התמילה, Notes:נתקבל מ: דב שנקל, נ... More
Men of the 2-7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers...
Men of the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers machine gun at Anzio, Italy, 21 February 1944. Men of the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers machine gun at Anzio,... More
The British Army in North Africa E1817
The British Army in North Africa A Vickers machine gun crew outside Derna, 30 January 1941.
The British Army on Gibraltar 1942 GM428
The British Army on Gibraltar 1942 Inside a Vickers machine-gun post in the underground defences on the Rock of Gibraltar, 9 April 1942.
The German Spring Offensive, March- July 1918 Q11986
The German Spring Offensive, March- July 1918 First Battle of Bapaume. Pilots bringing in their reports near Albert, 25 March 1918. Note the two Vickers machine guns on the Scarff ring in the background.
The Home Guard, 1940 H4059
The Home Guard, 1940 Home Guards receiving Vickers gun instruction at the Altcar training camp in Western Command, 11 September 1940.
War Office Second World War Official Collection E17907
War Office Second World War Official Collection Soldiers in desert with machine gun
Südtirol.Typen italienische Maschinengewehre (BildID 15639515)
Südtirol.Typen italienische Maschinengewehre Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nido Ametralladora - Public domain portrait print
Machine gun manned by Paraguayan soldiers during the Chaco War. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Q44280
Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron R. N. A. S. Machine gun in action against Turkish plane: Imbros, Gallipoli, August 1915.
The British Army in North Africa E3085
The British Army in North Africa A crewman mans a Vickers machine gun on the turret of his Marmon-Herrington armoured car, Western Desert, May 1941. Note 'Caunter' camoulage scheme.
The British Expeditionary Force in France, 1940 F3241
The British Expeditionary Force in France, 1940 Machine gunners from a battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) setting up a Vickers gun in a trench in France on 21 March 1940.
The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Q71995
The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 A British soldier manning a Maxim Gun.
Cleaning armoured cars, Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade April 1918 ...
Cleaning armoured cars, Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade. Photograph shows six armoured autocars of the First Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, being cleaned. The nearest vehicle is fitted with two Vickers ... More
HKVDC Vickers machine gun training in New Territories
HKVDC Vickers machine gun training in 1938
Erbeutete Revolverkanone in Latisana 20.11.17. (BildID 15612529)
Erbeutete Revolverkanone in Latisana 20.11.17. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Die den Angriff auf die Cuklastellung kommandierenden Offiziere mit ei...
Deutsch: Die den Angriff auf die Cuklastellung kommandierenden Offiziere mit einem eroberten italienischen Maschinengewehr.
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the grea...
Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches) Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 185... More
A Vickers machine gun of 2-7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgeh...
A Vickers machine gun of 2/7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 8 March 1944. A Vickers machine gun of 2/7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, 8 March 1944.
Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Q44279
Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron R. N. A. S. Anti-aircraft machine guns: Gallipoli, August 1915.
The British Army in North Africa 1941 E6442
The British Army in North Africa 1941 Men of the King's Own Regiment man a Vickers machine gun at Tobruk, 10 November 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H11868
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Vickers machine-gun team of 2/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, man their weapon on a clifftop in Northern Ireland, 15 July 1941.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q10323
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 General Henry Horne, the Commander of the First Army, inspecting the 24th Motor Machine Gun Battalion at Dieval, 12 June 1918. The motorbikes are Clyno 744 cc tw... More
The Campaign in North West Europe 1944-45 B14757
The Campaign in North West Europe 1944-45 Vickers machine gunners of the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 15th (Scottish) Division, lay down harassing fire in support of forward elements during the battle for... More
The Home Guard 1939-45 H30446
The Home Guard 1939-45 Vickers machine-gun of the Cheshire Home Guard, at Hoylake on the Wirral, 1 June 1943.
New Zealand soldier using a machine gun at the front line at La Synge ...
New Zealand soldier using a captured enemy machine gun at the front line in France during World War I. Taken at La Synge Farm, 6 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's ti... More
AWM 021171 2 3rd MG Bn Syria 1941
A Vickers machine-gun team from the Australian 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion in Syria, October 1941
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 Q5173
The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917 Gunners of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) fire their gun at a German aircraft (not pictured) during the Battle of Arras.
The British Army in France 1940 F3238
The British Army in France 1940 Troops from 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 3rd Division, training on the Vickers machine gun at Gondecourt, 21 March 1940
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H19947
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 The King inspects an airborne jeep fitted with a Vickers machine-gun during a visit to airborne forces in Southern Command, 21 May 1942. With him is Major-General ... More
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q8430
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A general scene showing men of the York and Lancaster Regiment, probably 2/4th Battalion part of the 187th Brigade, using a machine gun mounted for anti-aircraft... More
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8209
The Royal Navy during the Second World War 0.5 inch Vickers machine guns in quadruple Mark III mounting manned on board HMS ASHANTI during a convoy to Russia. Part of the convoy can be seen in the distance.
The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Home Front H5842
The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Home Front Two members of the Home Guard with a Vickers machine gun on a village green in Surrey. Originally known as the Local Defence Volunteers, the force was set up in ... More