Vickers Armstrong

The Vickers machine gun is a water-cooled, recoil-operated medium machine gun that served as the standard British machine gun for over 50 years. It was adopted by the British Army in 1912 and remained in service through World War I, World War II, and beyond. The Vickers was a development of the earlier Maxim gun, incorporating design improvements by Vickers Armstrong. It was chambered in .303 British and fed from fabric belts. The weapon was legendary for its reliability and the ability to fire continuously for hours with adequate water cooling.