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.

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.