Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
@vickersmg.bsky.social
Registered Charity No. 1210266 (England and Wales). To advance the education of the public in the subject of military history and firearms, in particular (but not exclusively) in relation to the Vickers machine gun.
Emma Gees at Christmas - head to the VMGCRA Patreon for a daily free access Christmas card from the Machine Gun Corps and machine gunners during the #VickersMG service.
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Emma Gees at Christmas - head to the VMGCRA Patreon for a daily free access Christmas card from the Machine Gun Corps and machine gunners during the #VickersMG service.
Description de la Nouvelle Mitrailleuse Vickers. Modele Leger (Type C).
Description de la Nouvelle Mitrailleuse Vickers. Modele Leger (Type C).
Handbook No. 44611G. Handbook of the Class C Vickers Machine Gun (commercial version of the Mark I) supplied in French. Vickers Limited. V10751 1915
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December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Description de la Nouvelle Mitrailleuse Vickers. Modele Leger (Type C).
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937 (with amendment No. 1)
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 – Grenade, 1937 (with amendment No. 1)
Union of South Africa AT0002.9.9.19 19400301
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December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937 (with amendment No. 1)
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 - Bayonet. 1942
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 – Bayonet. 1942
Canadian Army Stamped A27. Reprinted in Canada (August, 1942). AT0002.9.9.8 19420610
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December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 - Bayonet. 1942
Notes for Commanding Officers (1918)
Notes for Commanding Officers (1918)
Issued to Students at the Senior Officers' School, Aldershot, 28th February, 1918. V10636.8
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December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Notes for Commanding Officers (1918)
Head to Patreon for our advent series of MGC and other machine gunner Christmas Cards from our archive.
All public posts so no subscription required (but we’d appreciate it if you did subscribe to support us).
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All public posts so no subscription required (but we’d appreciate it if you did subscribe to support us).
www.patreon.com/posts/144754...
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Head to Patreon for our advent series of MGC and other machine gunner Christmas Cards from our archive.
All public posts so no subscription required (but we’d appreciate it if you did subscribe to support us).
www.patreon.com/posts/144754...
All public posts so no subscription required (but we’d appreciate it if you did subscribe to support us).
www.patreon.com/posts/144754...
Thanks to @oldfrontline.bsky.social for mentioning our Lewis Gun book in today’s episode of the podcast. Glad it was so useful.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thanks to @oldfrontline.bsky.social for mentioning our Lewis Gun book in today’s episode of the podcast. Glad it was so useful.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
FOR SALE: Original Royal Scots Fusiliers Tam O Shanter, approx 54cm, 6 3/4
Original Royal Scots Fusiliers Tam O Shanter, approx 54cm, 6 3/4
Original Royal Scots Fusiliers Tam.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
FOR SALE: Original Royal Scots Fusiliers Tam O Shanter, approx 54cm, 6 3/4
Big news for 2026 - The Vickers MG Exhibition.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Big news for 2026 - The Vickers MG Exhibition.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
War Office AT0002.9.8.5 19411128
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
New Zealand Military Forces Reprinted in New Zealand (April, 1942) AT0002.9.8.6 19411128
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 6: Notes on screens.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937, Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941)
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 – Grenade, 1937, Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941)
War Office AT0002.9.9.18 19410827
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937, Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941)
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 3: Huts, Camps and Installations
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 3: Huts, Camps and Installations
Canadian Army Reprinted in Canada (March, 1942) AT0002.9.8.4 1942
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 3: Huts, Camps and Installations
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 1: General Principles: Equipment and Materials (All Arms).
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 1: General Principles: Equipment and Materials (All Arms).
New Zealand Military Forces Reprinted in New Zealand (November, 1941) AT0002.9.8.2 19410620
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 46. CAMOUFLAGE. Part 1: General Principles: Equipment and Materials (All Arms).
Born #otd 1922 - John Hinton who went on to serve as a Vickers machine gunner in the Cheshire Regiment and remembered how to strip a #VickersMG forty years later!
Rich’s influence in starting to collect and set up the VMGCRA.
Rich’s influence in starting to collect and set up the VMGCRA.
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Born #otd 1922 - John Hinton who went on to serve as a Vickers machine gunner in the Cheshire Regiment and remembered how to strip a #VickersMG forty years later!
Rich’s influence in starting to collect and set up the VMGCRA.
Rich’s influence in starting to collect and set up the VMGCRA.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937. Amended by hand to Amendment No 1 1938
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 – Grenade, 1937. Amended by hand to Amendment No 1 1938
War Office 4/37 print. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED label pasted on cover. AT0002.9.9.17 1937-1938 sub-item Training Notes. Grenade. AT0002.9.9.17.1 1938-1938
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13 - Grenade, 1937. Amended by hand to Amendment No 1 1938
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1942
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1942
War Office AT0002.9.7.17 19420413
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November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1942
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1941
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1941
War Office AT0002.9.7.16 19410122
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November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 45. Bomb Reconnaissance and Protection Against Unexploded Bombs (All Arms). 1941
Military Training Pamphlet No. 44. NOTES ON THE TRAINING OF SNIPERS. 1940. Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941
Military Training Pamphlet No. 44. NOTES ON THE TRAINING OF SNIPERS. 1940. Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941 (Copy)
War Office Named "Sgt Jobbing" AT0002.9.7.15 19410721
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November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 44. NOTES ON THE TRAINING OF SNIPERS. 1940. Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1941
Military Training Pamphlet No. 43. Amendments (No. 1)
Military Training Pamphlet No. 43. Amendments (No. 1)
War Office Protective work in connection with gun positions; observation and command posts. AT0002.9.7.8 19410201
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November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 43. Amendments (No. 1)
Military Training Pamphlet No. 28 (India). Water Crossing Expedients.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 28 (India). Water Crossing Expedients.
Government of India Press AT0002.9.3.5 19430401
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November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 28 (India). Water Crossing Expedients.
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Our Part: Being the story of 756 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Formation to Victory.
Our Part: Being the story of 756 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Formation to Victory.
Our Part: Being the story of 756 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Formation to Victory.
AT0002.4.336.16 1945
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November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Our Part: Being the story of 756 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Formation to Victory.
Our Part: Being the story of 756 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Formation to Victory.
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlets No. 9 Part 1: The Anti-Tank Grenade No. 94 (Energa), 1953
One of the post-war series of Infantry Training manuals that subsumed the Small Arms Training series. This is a fascinating anti-tank weapon that is often overlooked.
One of the post-war series of Infantry Training manuals that subsumed the Small Arms Training series. This is a fascinating anti-tank weapon that is often overlooked.
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlets No. 9 Part 1: The Anti-Tank Grenade No. 94 (Energa), 1953
One of the post-war series of Infantry Training manuals that subsumed the Small Arms Training series. This is a fascinating anti-tank weapon that is often overlooked.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlets No. 9 Part 1: The Anti-Tank Grenade No. 94 (Energa), 1953
One of the post-war series of Infantry Training manuals that subsumed the Small Arms Training series. This is a fascinating anti-tank weapon that is often overlooked.
One of the post-war series of Infantry Training manuals that subsumed the Small Arms Training series. This is a fascinating anti-tank weapon that is often overlooked.
Webbing, 37 Patt, White (painted), M.P.
Webbing, 37 Patt, White Blanco, M.P.
Webbing, 37 Patt, White Blanco, M.P.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Webbing, 37 Patt, White (painted), M.P.
Bag, Kit, white - Royal Army Ordnance Corps named.
Bag, Kit, white
Named kit bag, white
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November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Bag, Kit, white - Royal Army Ordnance Corps named.