Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual

Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual
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Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
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ISBN-10 : 1785215639
ISBN-13 : 9781785215636
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Book Synopsis Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual by : Martin Pegler

Download or read book Vickers-Maxim Machine Guns Enthusiasts' Manual written by Martin Pegler and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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