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Vickers
The Vickers Machine Gun, or simply Vickers Gun, is a British medium machine gun made by the Vickers company, chambered in .303 British caliber. It was a further development of the Maxim machine gun developed in 1885 by Hiram Maxim, whose patent the company had purchased in 1896, and was manufactured from 1912.
Even before Hiram Maxim left the company, the Vickers company further developed the Maxim machine gun into the Vickers machine gun. Vickers purchased the patents as early as 1896. Like the Maxim machine gun, the Vickers machine gun had a toggle-lock action, but the breech buckled upward instead of downward, allowing for a lower design of the breech housing, resulting in size and weight savings.
Thus was born the Vickers R.C. GUN, CLASS C, Model 1908 "Light Pattern" and after much testing and some modification, the gun was adopted as the standard "Vickers Machine Gun .303 Mark I" in the British Army on November 26, 1912. The Vickers machine gun used standard British .303 caliber ammunition and was popular with soldiers for its reliability and solid workmanship. The Vickers Gun was the standard heavy machine gun of the British Army in World War I. It became the standard weapon in the British Empire and Commonwealth for the next 55 years and remained in service virtually unchanged. The machine gun was offered for various calibers and sold worldwide.
Specifications
(1912–1968)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Caliber: .303 British
- Weight: 33.1 lbs (15 kg) - 50.7 lbs (23 kg)
- Length: 43.3 in (110 cm)
- Barrel length: 28.3 in (72 cm)
- Feed System: 250-round canvas belt
- Fire Modes: Full-Auto
The Vickers Medium Machine Gun appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts of the World | British soldiers | 1918 | ||
| Wings | mounted on a plane | 1927 | ||
| Journey's End | British soldiers | 1930 | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | French soldiers | 1930 | ||
| Doughboys | U.S. soldiers | 1930 | ||
| Morocco | Morocco Rebels | 1930 | ||
| Tell England | British and Turkish soldiers | With ribbed water jacket | 1931 | |
| The Public Enemy | Hitmen | 1931 | ||
| The Last Mile | Prison Guards | 1932 | ||
| A Farewell to Arms | Austrian pilot | 1932 | ||
| Horizon (Gorizont) | White Army officers | With ribbed water jacket | 1932 | |
| Captured! | British soldiers | 1933 | ||
| Shock Troop | British soldiers | 1934 | ||
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Gary Cooper | Lieutenant. Alan McGregor | 1935 | |
| Franchot Tone | Lieutenant. John Forsythe | |||
| Bengal Lancers | ||||
| Rebels | ||||
| Sanders of the River | British African soldiers | With ribbed water jacket | 1935 | |
| Secret Agent | German soldiers | 1936 | ||
| You Only Live Once | 1937 | |||
| San Quentin | 1937 | |||
| Knight Without Armour | White and Red soldiers | With ribbed water jacket | 1937 | |
| Each Dawn I Die | 1939 | |||
| Clouds Over Europe | Laurence Olivier | Tony McVane | 1939 | |
| Viking crewmembers | ||||
| Sundown | Bruce Cabot | William Crawford | with ribber water jacked | 1941 |
| British soldiers, tribal fighters | ||||
| Sergeant York | 1941 | |||
| Across the Pacific | Humphrey Bogart | Rick Leland | 1942 | |
| Wake Island | Philip Van Zandt | Cpl. Gus Goebbels | 1942 | |
| U.S. troops | ||||
| Bataan | 1943 | |||
| Sahara | mocked up to look like a Maxim MG08 | 1943 | ||
| Air Force | dressed up as water-cooled Browning M2s | 1943 | ||
| A Walk In The Sun | 1945 | |||
| Viva Zapata! | Mexican soldiers | 1952 | ||
| The Desert Rats | Austrialian and German soldiers | 1953 | ||
| Paratrooper | British paratroopers | 1953 | ||
| Paths of Glory | French soldier | 1957 | ||
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Japanese soldiers | 1957 | ||
| Never So Few | Japanese machine gunners | 1957 | ||
| Men in War | North Korean soldiers | 1957 | ||
| Dunkirk | British soldiers | 1958 | ||
| When Hell Broke Loose | German soldiers | standing for Maxim MG08 | 1958 | |
| Konga | British soldiers | 1961 | ||
| Lawrence of Arabia | Arab rebels | 1962 | ||
| 55 Days at Peking | U.S. Marines | mocked up as 1895 Maxim Machine Gun | 1963 | |
| Goldfinger | 1964 | |||
| Viva Maria! | Carlos López Moctezuma | Ródriguez | 1965 | |
| Brigitte Bardot | Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley | |||
| Doctor Zhivago | Red Partisans | With ribbed water jacket | 1965 | |
| The Blue Max | British soldiers | 1966 | ||
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Arab Legion soldiers | 1966 | ||
| If... | 1968 | |||
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Franco Nero | Sergei Kowalski | 1968 | |
| A Mexican soldier | ||||
| Oh! What a Lovely War | seen in the opening credits | 1969 | ||
| Play Dirty | mounted on a jeep | 1969 | ||
| 100 Rifles | Mexican soldiers, Indians | 1969 | ||
| No Blade Of Grass | 1970 | |||
| Too Late the Hero | 1970 | |||
| You Can't Win 'Em All | Leo Gordon | Bolek | 1970 | |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | Russian revolutionaries | 1971 | ||
| Aces High | 1976 | |||
| The Battleflag | Austro-Hungarian soldiers | 1977 | ||
| A Bridge Too Far | Irish Guards | 1978 | ||
| The Wild Geese | Mercenaries | 1978 | ||
| Gandhi | Mock-up weapon mounted on mock-up Rolls-Royce armored car | 1982 | ||
| Deal of the Century | Seen in the Gundealer's Room | 1983 | ||
| Biggles: Adventures in Time | 1986 | |||
| The Lighthorsemen | Australian troops | 1987 | ||
| Empire of the Sun | with ribber water jacked, mounted in Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. Armoured Car i | 1987 | ||
| Operation Condor | 1991 | |||
| Chunuk Bair | Anzac soldiers | 1992 | ||
| Land and Freedom | Spanish Militia member | 1995 | ||
| Michael Collins | British and Irish soldiers | 1996 | ||
| In Love and War | An Italian soldier | 1996 | ||
| Deathwatch | 2002 | |||
| Innocent Voices | Salvadoran Army soldier | Mounted on armored car, without the barrel inside the water jacket | 2004 | |
| Joyeux Noël | A Scottish soldier | 2005 | ||
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | British Auxiliaries | 2006 | ||
| Attack on Leningrad | 2007 | |||
| Atonement | British soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Miracle at St. Anna | Omar Benson Miller | Pfc. Samuel Train | mounted on Willys Jeep | 2008 |
| Tobruk | Czech troops | 2008 | ||
| Passchendaele | Canadian soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Beneath Hill 60 | British soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | U. S. Coast Guard | 2012 | ||
| The Last Stand | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Sheriff Ray Owens | with ribber water jacked | 2013 |
| Gallipoli: End of the Road | Australian soldiers | with ribber water jacked | 2013 | |
| The Siege of Jadotville | Jamie Dornan | Commander. Patrick Quinlan | With ribbed water jacket | 2016 |
| Deadpool 2 | With ribbed water jacket | 2018 | ||
| Tolkien | A British soldier | With ribbed water jacket | 2019 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat! | British soldiers | (1964-1965) | ||
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Season 1 | Government troops | (1962-1967) | ||
| The State Border: Film 2 | Russian soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Bergerac | Seen in museum; supposedly a replica; "Late for a Funeral" (S01E08) | 1981 | ||
| 20th of December (20-e dekabrya) | British soldiers | Seen in documentary footage; on AA mounting | 1982 | |
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | 1984 | |||
| The Cowra Breakout | Australian soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Anzacs | 1985 | |||
| Journey's End | British soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Tales from the Crypt | U.S. Army troops | "Yellow" (S3E14) | 1991 | |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Yellow Iris | Argentinian troops | Mounted on armoured car | 1993 | |
| All the King's Men | Jo Stone-Fewings | Lieutenant Alec Beck | 1999 | |
| Foyle's War - Season 2 | British soldiers | "Fifty Ships" (S2E1) | 2003 | |
| Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Freikorp soldiers | 2003 | ||
| Doctor Who (New Series) | Grammar school students | 2005 - | ||
| Midsomer Murders | George Cole | Lionel Hicks | "Shot at Dawn" (S11E01) | 2008 |
| Deadliest Warrior | 2009 | |||
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 10 | Take My Life, Pleas (S10E20) | 2009 | ||
| Parer's War | Australian Commandos | 2014 | ||
| Deadline Gallipoli | ANZAC soldiers | Episode 3, 4 | 2015 | |
| Rebellion | British soldiers | Episode 2 | 2016 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Stationary/mounted on Chevy 30WCT jeep and Universal Carrier | 2005 | |
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | ||
| Civilization IV | 2005 | ||
| Company of Heroes | "Vickers .303 Medium Machine Gun" | modeled with a left receiver | 2006 |
| Mare Nostrum | unusable | 2008 | |
| Battlefield Heroes | 2009 | ||
| Men of War | 2009 | ||
| Company of Heroes 2 | modeled with a left receiver | 2013 | |
| The Great War 1918 | 2013 | ||
| Sniper Elite III | Unusable; mounted on British trucks | 2014 | |
| Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 | "Vickers" | 2015 | |
| Verdun | unusable | 2015 | |
| Assassin's Creed Syndicate | unusable | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | mounted on vehicles | 2016 | |
| Day of Infamy | "Vickers" | Mk. VI or Mk. IV B with the bipods of an Mk. VII | 2017 |
| Post Scriptum | Buildable emplacement | 2018 | |
| Battlefield V | "Vickers" | 2018 | |
| Tannenberg | unusable; mounted in armored cars | 2019 | |
| Beyond The Wire | "Vickers" | 2022 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 |
Anime
| Game Title | Character | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors | British soldiers | 1945 | |
| The Mystic Archives of Dantalian | British soldiers | 2011 | |
| Sword Art Online II | Lion King Richie | Episode 8 | 2014 |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Republic troops | 2017 | |
| Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online | Lion King Richie | Ep. "Fan Letter" | 2018 |
Vickers .50 machine gun
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Film Collection No. 4 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 4) | Royal Navy personnel | Mark III quad mounting; documentary footage | 1941 | |
| Death Hunt | Mounted on an RCAF bi-plane | 1981 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Mounted on Vickers Light Tank Mk. VI B | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty: WWII | Mounted on Vickers Light Tank Mk. VI | 2017 |
Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun
The Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdun: Visions of History | French pilot | 1928 | ||
| Hell's Angels | 1930 | |||
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | |||
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | German soldiers | tripod mount | 1966 | |
| Flyboys | 2006 | |||
| The 39 Steps | mounted on Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 | 2008 | ||
| The Red Baron | Joseph Fiennes | Captain Roy Brown | 2008 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Father Brown | Seen on a WWI photo of Sopwith Camel 2F.1 fighter plane; "The Arrow of Heaven" (Ep.12) | 1974 |
Animation
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer - Season 2 | "Double Deuce" (S02E05) | 2011 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 1 | 2016 | |||
| Fortnite | 2017 | |||
| 11-11: Memories Retold | not usable, mounted on Spowith fighers | 2018 |
Anime
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mystic Archives of Dantalian | Hugh A. Disward | Mounted on aircraft | 2011 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | George Joestar II | Mounted on a biplane; S1E24, "The Ties That Bind JoJo" | 2012 |
Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun
The Type 97 is a Japanese license-produced version of the Vickers Class E, used by the Navy; the Army also adopted a licensed copy of the Vickers Class E, the Type 89. In a textbook example of the IJN and IJA absolutely refusing to cooperate or share anything, the Navy's Type 97 remained chambered for .303 British (7.7x56mmR) while the Army developed the new semi-rimmed 7.7x58mmSR cartridge for the Type 89, and thus their ammo was not interchangeable. The Army's cartridge would later be developed into the rimless 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge.
The Japanese-produced versions of the MG 15 share the same relationship, with the Navy's Type 1 being chambered for 7.7x56mmR (.303) while the Army's Type 98 was rechambered for 7.7x58mmSR. The Navy's domestically-produced version of the Lewis Gun, the Type 92, also remained in 7.7x56mmR.
The Type 97 aircraft machine gun appears in the following films and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan's Longest Day | Imperial Japanese Navy pilots | Mounted in A6M Zeroes | 1967 | |
| Midway | Imperial Japanese Navy pilots | Mounted in A6M Zeroes | 1976 | |
| Pearl Harbor | Imperial Japanese Navy pilots | Mounted in A6M Zeroes | 2001 | |
| Midway | Imperial Japanese Navy pilots | Mounted in A6M Zeroes | 2019 | |
| The Eight Hundred | Imperial Japanese Navy pilots | Mounted in A5M Claudes | 2020 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1942 | mounted in A6M Zero fighters | 2002 | |
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | not usable, mounted in A6M Zero fighters | 2003 | |
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | not usable, mounted in A6M Zero fighters | 2004 | |
| The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific | not usable, mounted on A6M Zero fighters | 2007 | |
| Call of Duty: World at War | not usable, mounted on A6M Zero fighters | 2008 | |
| Battlefield: 1943 | mounted in A6M Zeros | 2009 | |
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | mounted in A6M Zeros | 2010 | |
| Far Cry 3 | not usable, mounted in crashed A6M Zero | 2012 | |
| Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm | not usable, mounted in crashed A6M Zero | 2013 | |
| Battlefield V | added with "War in the Pacific" (2019); mounted in A6M Zero | 2018 | |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | Mounted in Aichi D3A dive bombers and A6M Zero fighters | 2021 | |
| Enlisted | 2021 |
Anime
| Game Title | Character | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cockpit | mounted in Mitsubishi A6M fighters, ep. 2 | 1993 | |
| 801 T.T.S. Airbats | mounted in Zero combat, ep. 4 | 1994-1996 | |
| Strike Witches | Mounted in A5M fighters | 2008 | |
| Strike Witches 2 | Mounted in A6M fighters and F1M floatplane | 2010 | |
| Strike Witches: The Movie | Mio Sakamoto | Mounted in F1M floatplane | 2012 |
| The Wind Rises | mounted in Mitsubishi A6M fighters | 2013 | |
| Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Mio Sakamoto | Mounted in A6M fighter | 2014-2015 |
| Drifters | mounted on Hiryu-based fighter/bomber aircraft | 2016 | |
| Brave Witches | Mounted in A6M fighters | 2016-2017 | |
| The Magnificent Kotobuki | mounted on "Kawanishi N1K1-j Shiden", "D4Y2 Suisei", A6M3 Zero and "A6M Zero" planes | 2019 |