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English: 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 the gun barrel as he fires. The Number 2 is feeding in the ammunition belt. The other two would have been needed to help carry the gun and its ammunition.

The Vickers was a heavy machine-gun, weighing 100lb (45kg) so it was not easy to move quickly. As a result, the lighter and simpler Lewis gun was developed, although both continued to be used.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. A machine gun firing at a Boche plane.']

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current19:48, 12 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 19:48, 12 January 2022898 × 692 (65 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)Cropped 10 % horizontally, 10 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
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13:11, 16 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:11, 16 November 2016600 × 462 (33 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)National Library of Scotland, Set 72157624150609895, ID 4688546704, Original title Machine gun firing at a Boche plane

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