Vickers Machine Gun

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The Death of a Legend: Baron Manfred von Richthofen & the Vickers that may have killed him.

The Death of a Legend: Baron Manfred von Richthofen & the Vickers that may have killed him.

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In August of 1916, the British 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns continuously for twelve hours. Using 100 barrels they fired a million rounds without a single failure. The Vickers gun continued in British military service until 1968.