Vickers MG Collection & Research Association

Machine-gun Tactics 1910! A brilliant book on how machine guns were used around the world prior to the First World War. Available in full as PDF and JPG for members of the Vickers MG Supporter Corps on Patreon. Join for £5 (plus applicable VAT and Patreon fees) per month.

How many different types of #VickersMG ammunition box are there? Well we’re pretty sure we have most of them. For the last couple of days, a couple of our volunteers have been busy cleaning and cataloguing the belt boxes we have in the collection.

Our latest Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout video discusses the Bren and how easy it was to strip and clean. Also close ups of our skeletonised Bren. #militaryhistory #notjustvickersmg

The Thompson M1928A1 is the subject of our next Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout over on Patreon.

Our latest video of the extras from Dispatches from the Dugout is now over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Dave and Rich take a closer look at the MP28 we fired during the range segments.

Our latest video: Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout taking a closer look at the PM1910 Maxim we fired and how it was to clean and maintain it. Only over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Join from £3 per month and access one of the biggest online military history archives.

One of our highlights of the We Have Ways Fest was being able to borrow a truck from Track and Wheel, add some great reenactors from Spirit of Britain and top off with a little sound track and it shows how well made the #VickersMG radial anti-aircraft mount was!

And remember that the extended episode with the range segment is only available on Patreon. Worth £3 a month subscription? We think so.

Ready for episode 4 of Dispatches from the Dugout? Watch Matt, Rich and Tom chat about the Vickers and the context of the 1940s. On YouTube Friday 29 August at 8pm with extending episode (with firing content) premiering on Patreon at the same time. #dugout #vickersmg #mp40 #sturmgewehr #ww2

Episode 2 out Friday 15 August. Here’s a preview of the firing segment available on the Patreon extended episode. #vickersmg #thompson #browning #mp28 #dugout

Dispatches from the Dugout: Episode 2. Coming on Friday 15 August. #VickersMG #SmallArms

First episode now live over on Patreon and YouTube. Maxim - Vickers - Trenches | Dispatches from the Dugout youtu.be/jAFZm_yKB64

UK Machine Gun Demonstration Days! Get in touch to find out how to see these amazing pieces of historic engineering in action. Options for both groups and individuals to attend our Patreon Demo Days. #militaryhistory #firstworldwar #secondworldwar #fwwhist

And its adversaries! #MG42

Compare the #VickersMG with its comparators and compatriots. #Bren

You will get to see this kind of demonstration from as close as this camera is. #VickersMG

As an example of the unique type of organisation we are, everything except the printing is in-house: from distribution back to the ‘testing’.