Vickers Machine Gun - In The Movies

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A brief overview of the Vickers Machine Gun as seen on film.
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Passchendaele 2009
The Red Baron 2008
Miracle at St. Anna 2008
The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006
Flyboys 2006
Innocent Voices 2004
Deathwatch 2002
Atlantis The Lost Empire 2001
Pearl Harbor 2001
Enemy at the Gates 2001
Chanuk Bair 1992
Black Adder Goes Forth 1989
Anzacs 1985
Ace of Aces 1982
Breaker Mormont 1980
The Wild Geese 1978
A Bridge Too Far 1977
Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
Too Late Hero 1970
Play Dirty 1969
A Professional Gun 1968
The Professionals 1966
Viva Maria 1965
Doctor Zhivago 1965
55 days at Peking 1963
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
Sergeant York 1941
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
Doughboys 1930
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@Jay-ln1co 2 жыл бұрын

In 1916, ten British Vickers were tasked at firing at a German position for 24 hours. The guns went through 999,750 rounds of ammo during this time. The gun the fired the most shot 120,000 rounds. In 1963, a class of British Army armorers built a Vickers and over the course of a week put 5 million rounds of ammo through it. Crews rotated every 30 minutes, barrels were changed every hour and a half. After the ordeal, they stripped the gun, checked its parts, and found it was still in serviceable condition.

@dannyzero692 Жыл бұрын

That Vickers has seen some shit damn. Kick ass for a week without rest and can still kick more.

@submarine6410 Жыл бұрын

Maxims design was genuinely good.

@sakkra93 Жыл бұрын

IIRC, that was the 100th Machine Gun Company at the Somme, truly, a testament to the Vickers' legendary reliability and ruggedness. We should still use them in certain roles, if you ask me.

@FunDipFobs Жыл бұрын

@@sakkra93 main problem is I assume the majority are in .303 British, aswell as it no longer truly fits in well with modern army tactics (not according to myself🙄) even though we still use trench warfare. However we now have 50 caliber machine guns instead of 30.

@keithmays8076 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if the Ukrainian army has some in their museums? I've heard that they've been using lots of old stock that are veritable antiques with great effects.

@samuellubell4557 2 жыл бұрын

If i remember at some point in the 70s the British army ran a test of firing the Vickers for about 7 days straight with an extremely long belt, and changing the water mid firing, it shot the entire belt without any problems what so ever, making it one of, if not the most reliable machine gun ever created

@thekhoifish0146 2 жыл бұрын

Yep! If I recall correctly the British were either rechambering their Vickers or replacing them with LMGs, so they had to get rid of all their surplus ammo somehow. The story should be on the Vickers’ Wikipedia article

@BHuang92 2 жыл бұрын

The Vickers was chambered in a whole variety of calibers including 7.62 NATO. There was even a test to see if the Vickers could chop down a tree!!!

@thewalking4473 2 жыл бұрын

This story is true, and was recorded by the British Military itself. A single Vickers gun was fired for about a week straight, only stopping to change out barrels, and fired well over a million rounds of .303.

@bigblue6917 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder, Samual. I remember reading about that. You cannot help but be impressed.

@michaelpielorz9283 2 жыл бұрын

And they revealed :english food is more lethal than a vickers gun!!

@nath9091 2 жыл бұрын

The benefit of these water cooled machine guns is that despite being heavy from the water they were able to fire near continuously for long periods by replacing the jacket fluid. This made them really good for suppression or extended use without having to carry around spare barrels. The heavy part wasnt their calibre but the ability to provide accurate sustained fire on demand.

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

What if that tube runs out of water? The machine-gun would stop firing.

@nath9091 2 жыл бұрын

@@reynaldoflores4522 you add more liquid and keep on going!

@youngthaiarfssoldier8732 2 жыл бұрын

Without water, the only thing left to cool is air

@0159ralph Жыл бұрын

The Italian designed MK 75 76 mm naval cannon was a rarity. It was also water cooled, and was the main gun on U.S Perry Class Frigates. It was a giant Vickers that could fire up to 80 rounds a minute.

@Riceball01 Жыл бұрын

@@reynaldoflores4522 The water wasn't an integral part of the gun's opetaing mechanism, it was only use to help keep the barrel cook. You could use any water cooled machine gune without water but you would really have to watch your rate of fire (no long sustained bursts) in order to keep the barrel from overheating.

@Ponen77 2 жыл бұрын

Its interesting to see the large amounts of maxims being used in Ukraine, I liked seeing the dual mounted maxims with a red dot sight mounted between them. Here in India we of course inherited a lot of British firearms, many like the .303 Enfield and Sten guns continued to be seen in service with police till about the last decade where they have been gradually replaced. We have of course Vickers machine guns but these days they are all in storage, the last I heard of a vickers was from a friend who mentioned he noticed the Manipur police had a vickers mounted on a suzuki gypsy during a police parade. Lots of interesting firearms in my neck of the woods, recently my friend came across a large stack of Arisakas in the Nagaland police armoury, they still had their chrysanthemum seals so all probably captured during the Japanese Burma campaign.

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

Vickers were first and lastly used by Indian army during the First Indo Pak war of 1947-48. also a Large number of Maxims were given to the Bangladeshi Mukti Bahini (they also have captured a lot from West pakistani army arsenals ) during the Liberation war. Indian army and forces mostly replaced all Vickers and 7.62*51mm Browning M1919 (on tanks ) with 7.62*51mm FN MAG and 7.62*54mm PKM . also as heavy machine gun we have NSV/-T , KPV and limited number of Browning M2 .50cal machine gun . plus we have also captured a put on use, a Large number of DshK from pakistani army, terrorists and rebels alike. Edit :- Vickers and not Maxims. sorry for the mistake .

@philiprufus4427 2 жыл бұрын

Not surprising, some British troops during World War 1 were armed with the Arisaka Rifle. Japan in those days was an allie. The Brits also used the Canadian Ross rifle, and the Lee Metford was occasionally used. In short, when lacking Lee Enfields, they used what they deemed the best available. Also there is a saying I have heard used from british vets of all arms,over 50 odd years - 'your kit is was as good as the cheapest quote son' . Interesting some Indian police still using the Arisaka. The influence of the old Indian army and police is still obvious to this day in India and Pakistan.

@Ponen77 2 жыл бұрын

@@philiprufus4427 As far as I know the arisakas were never issued to the Nagaland police, they were just stored in the armoury, we suspect from the condition and modifications/replacements of the stocks the rifles that they were most probably surrendered/captured from the post war Naga insurgents and freedom fighters.

@agentolshki4265 Жыл бұрын

Go to the mark Felton channel on yt, he has a number of videos on vintage arms being used in Ukraine and other theatres of conflict. A really good semi amateur documentary channel.

@thekhoifish0146 2 жыл бұрын

Bonus points for including not just anime, but also ATLANTIS I also find it hilarious that according to Wikipedia, Brits on the ground during WWI would allegedly fire off a few shots in order to heat the cooling water to make tea in the trenches

@nandinhocunha440 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that too, they even did in a tank. That's the most British thing

@heroicaknight4735 2 жыл бұрын

It honestly doesn't sound that ridiculous to me.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

As much as it sounds great in concept, waters that's been inside a water cooled machine gun is not suitable for consumption. Firstly it would be contaminated with all sorts of particulate, ranging from bit of burnt and unburnt cordite powder, and particles of rust, corrosion or paint. Secondly in the trenches, water that was unfit for drinking or cooking was often used in water cooled machine guns along with any other liquid in an emergency up to and including urine.

@thekhoifish0146 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography oh yeah the brew definitely would’ve turned out awful. the Wikipedia article doesn’t go into detail on this, but it does mention that the tea supposedly tasted of oil

@uncletiggermclaren7592 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography During heavy bombardments, it was routine for supplies to be cut off to defended positions for days on end. Men COMMONLY drank much worse than cooling water. I have my Grandfathers cap badge, which includes a couple of crossed Vickers guns and an NZ and the Crown of New Zealand. And I am not sure which returned serviceman told me this story, it probably wasn't my Grandad, but when they were training, and responsible for the maintenance of the gun, they used to have to prove the water was clean, in the inspection. Dirt or rust in the water got you punished, because it meant you were not cleaning it properly.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

C&Rsenal has a really great segment in their Vickers video where they read a passage written by an American serving in the British Army, he discusses how the opposing Vickers and MG08 crews would fire back and forth at each other in patterns that resembled songs and how they would sort of agreed upon breaks for meals only to resume afterwards. Fascinating and surreal how wars can be conducted.

@ComissarYarrick 2 жыл бұрын

Vickers is indeed gun build to last, with some units still fully operable today, over 100 years after they were build. Reliablility of this gun is just amazing, with probably best example form august 1916 when section of 10 Vickers fired for 12 hours stight, useing 1.000.000 rounds without any serious manufanctions ( tho they ate a lot spare barrels and apparently all water in the area ) Tho you have to rember, it was also a really expensive gun. In ww1 each costed about 1000 pounds wich in today's money is like 20k+, maybe even 25k usd.

@minxythemerciless 2 жыл бұрын

In the interdiction role, it was put onto a much heavier tripod and had a mortar site attached to use with an aiming post. The same setup was later used with the M60 for ranges beyond 1,000 metres.

@kiwigrunt330 2 жыл бұрын

It was the same tripod. The current L7A2 / MAG58 in sustained fire role works the same way, with the C2 mortar sight.

@Spagettiisbetterthenpizza 2 жыл бұрын

@@kiwigrunt330 i know it works as a sniper too i put scopes on vickers all the time it is a good sniper

@handlesarefeckinstupid Жыл бұрын

You mean volley fire role? Hell even rifles had them in WW1 and before. Very useful during trench warfare and area denial.

@BHuang92 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The redesign of the Maxim machine gun by Vickers meant that the cocking action was reversed from forward on the Maxim to rear cocking. However that action when firing would result the cocking lever pounding on the knuckles of the user so operators then were instructed to grip the Vickers in a particular way so that their knuckles would not be pounded.

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

but the Browning m1917 was the odd one out of the Family.

@Predator42ID 2 жыл бұрын

@@patriotenfield3276 The Browning M1917 used a completely different design than the Maxim.

@haroldjedrzejczyk9449 Жыл бұрын

@@Predator42ID Correct. The Browning M1917/A1 also used a superior belt/pawl feeding system.

@nicholashodges201 8 ай бұрын

@@haroldjedrzejczyk9449the Browning was superior in almost every way. Superior enough that the only changes the US has made were air cooling and upping the caliber.

@jonathanstempleton7864 Жыл бұрын

Bonus points for including Blackadder. Have a thumbs up 👍

@konst80hum 2 жыл бұрын

For the record please note the beautiful photography of the Doctor Zhivago clip. The field with the line of red poppies was simply poetic.

@mathewkelly9968 2 жыл бұрын

If you want sustained fire over all other considerations this is the weapon for you . You can even do sustained indirect fire barrages with it

@mbryson2899 2 жыл бұрын

As nicely depicted in Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon."

@wallythewondercorncake8657 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact about Jadotvillle: it wasn't some guy bravely standing completely exposed on the back of a jeep in real life. They had an armoured car.

@themancantfindaname7589 2 жыл бұрын

2:26 chuck norris is so badass he invented auto fire when aim

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

He is Chuck Norris for a Reason, and Bruce Lee is Bruce Lee for a reason.

@SamO-ik2cm 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see Breaker Morant getting a mention. Outstanding movie and it can be viewed on youtube.

@petehall889 2 жыл бұрын

My August 1916 fluted jacket Vickers on its 1916 dated tripod is the last gun in my collection I would ever sell. Such a superbly designed weapon with a really great history!

@jinngeechia9715 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you included The Wild Geese. A great big stars mercenary adventure film with Roger Moore, Richard Burton and Richard Harris.

@rolfagten857 2 жыл бұрын

"Play Dirty"" (1969) is one of my favorite war movies. A 10 for this!

@uncletiggermclaren7592 2 жыл бұрын

Aussie Captain : "The entire front is criss-crossed like that" Aussie Sargent : "Well, what's the answer then Sir?" Tanya the Evil : " *Namesake Grin* "

@padraigpearse1551 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos because of the sheer variety of films you use. Gives me plenty of new ones to watch

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to expose some new ones for ya

@0159ralph Жыл бұрын

Snoopy had a couple of Vickers mounted on his doghouse during those dogfights with the red boron over France during the Greatwar.

@colleenrooschuz5631 2 жыл бұрын

During the mid 60's we used the Vickers in the South African army. I have never, ever seen it fired without the water hoses attached and the water tank. In almost all these videos there is no sign of this .

@gregtestagent Жыл бұрын

I thought maybe he would mention “The Wild Bunch” (1969) since he’s mentioning the Browning M1917, and the use of machine guns in the Mexican revolution. It’s a huge plot device for the movie, and is used heavily in the film’s climax.

@robertcooper411 Жыл бұрын

Just about the bloodiest shoot out ever. Sam Peckinpah (director) was a master of his craft.

@DarkLordDiablos Жыл бұрын

You cut out the punchline from the Blackadder clip in that the amount of land was the patch on the table not a scaled down model. 🤣

@rubie_gubie 2 жыл бұрын

Vickers has always been one of my favorites so this video is a treat

@old-worldghost3451 2 жыл бұрын

"A near six-thousand warriors, we stopped em on the run, The bravest of the brave could never match the Maxim Gun" - "Battle of Bembezi" John Edmond.

@Catmandan42069 2 жыл бұрын

I been waiting for this for a while

@rdjhardy 2 жыл бұрын

Great video again, Sir.

@juergen_von_strangle 2 жыл бұрын

That first line from Blackadder is too good

@richardsawyer5428 2 жыл бұрын

George Coppard talked about indirect fire in his book "With a machine gun to Canbrai" now, sadly out of print I believe.

@brothercaptainwarhammer 2 жыл бұрын

The Vickers is, in my Opinion, one of the Best Machine Guns that Serves Numerous Wars, along side its Cousin, the Maxim, Spade Gripped Machine Guns have a Special Place in my Heart, and The Vickers is among those Placed in a Pedestal, such an Awesome Weapon! Truly an Amazing Product of British Ingenuity, and Engineering! Ans yes, we must not Forget those that Fought, and Died in the Wars of Past, in order for all of us to Have a Future (Though Current Times are Trying Times, its Better than Having a Future thats obviously gonna be Dark and Sad), especially those the Fought Hard, Bled, and Died for it... Peace to the Fallen, my their Sacrifice be not Forgotten, but Remember for Generations, in the Annals of History! Keep up the Amazingly Informative, and Excellent work Johnny! Keep the Good Shit Coming, my Friend!

@leewaffe3 2 жыл бұрын

Well done and spot on Johnny! Fun fact taken from Peter Jackson's "They Shall not grow old" (2018). With the vickers being water cooled, soldiers in the trenches during WW1 would fire their vickers at times to boil the water and use it for brewing tea XD It tasted awful of course but they never minded given the circumstances they had to live with and not knowing if that day or the next day woud be their last. btw thank you for the excellent blackadder scenes. Spot on and love your work Johnny!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent very British info added sir! They Shall not grow old is a masterpiece

@martyn420 Жыл бұрын

In 'With a Machine Gun to Cambrai', George Coppard (an actual soldier of the MGC) refutes the myth that hot water from the Vickers gun cooling jacket was used to make tea. The results would be undrinkable and the water in the condenser can is essential for topping up the cooling jacket. In reality, water for the gun was scarce in combat conditions and needlessly emptying the gun under enemy fire would be a disciplinary matter. Depictions of Vickers guns firing continuously without the condenser hose and can are wide of the mark.

@leewaffe3 Жыл бұрын

@@martyn420 thank you for that input, I had figured that was one such method, not a common method but perhaps one soilder's account in the trenches giving that this was from first hand accounts of surviving veterans recorded by the BBC for the Imperial war museum's archives. In the trenche's one of this generation or even the previous generation of beings can only imagine what those men settled with or improvised to make life somewhat more bearable to live day to day in those years of the war.

@haroldjedrzejczyk9449 Жыл бұрын

Drinking the highly-contaminated water from any water-cooled MG's barrel jacket would be almost as deadly as charging into fire from one...🤮☠️

@gratefulguy4130 7 ай бұрын

Mmmm arsenic tea.. 🫖 ☕️

@timsytanker 2 жыл бұрын

And of course there was the .50 cal Vickers, a real beast!

@MrMe345 2 жыл бұрын

Something of note RE: the Vickers at Jadotville, although some were fitted to Land Rovers and Jeeps as seen in the film, some of their most effective use was in 1940 built Ford Mk. VI armoured cars. These were made by the Irish Army during WWII for airfield defence and were the only cars light enough for air transport at the time of the ONUC mission. Comdt. Quinlan would use earth works to effectively point the two Fords in his command upwards creating a classic AA crossfire using their Vickers guns to deny low altitude approaches to the Fouga jet, ruining it's accuracy. Pointing the vehicles into the air jke this is origin of the idea of flipping the Landy on its side on the film 😊

@bigblue6917 2 жыл бұрын

During August 1916 the British Army wanted to manoeuvre troops near the front line. In order to make sure these manoeuvers were not interfered with by the Germans the 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps was ordered to fire towards the German lines using its ten machine guns. The guns delivered sustained fire for twelve hours using 100 barrels and over one million rounds. None of the guns broke down and the few stoppages they had were quickly dealt with. As was said by Ian V. Hogg in his book Weapons & War Machines, "It was this absolute foolproof reliability which endeared the Vickers to every British soldier who ever fired one. It never broke down; it just kept on firing and came back for more."

@airmackeeee6792 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Johnny! I'm glad you highlighted Breaker Morant. I've found not many people in the US know about this Aussie classic. Great use of Black Adder Goes Forth. It had one of the most surprising and memorable series endings ever! I loved Passchendaele. That final battle scene is BRUTAL! I'm not sure if there is enough material available, but would you consider doing a vid on the pepperbox pistol? I know it makes an appearance in the 1990s Irish/English historical production "The Hanging Gale." Apologies if I've asked before about this weapon.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

I think I might be able to do that. I touched on pepperbox derringers in a previous video and it's certainly an interesting subject. I'll see what I can come up with down the line.

@MrzorkV 2 жыл бұрын

My Uncle Harry who fought in WW1 could write his name his Vickers. He said they could fire for 7 days and night continuously due to Water cooling.

@jamesturner9651 2 жыл бұрын

Just before bed and a Johnny video is uploaded. Guess I'm not sleeping for a few minutes lol

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

Wanting to give you sweet dreams of machine guns

@jamesturner9651 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq the perfect dreams! Lmao

@jamesturner9651 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I love the fact you added Archer clips. 10/10

@jamesturner9651 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq also enjoying the WW1 material coming up every now and then. Been back on my WW1 kick and trying to brush up more on it.

@airmackeeee6792 2 жыл бұрын

Just count sheep... or bullets! 😉🤣

@frankdrevinpolicesquad2930 8 ай бұрын

Love the Black Adder references

@lebien4554 2 жыл бұрын

I loved that train scene in Sherlock Holmes 2 with the fake lipstick bullet. Such a fantastic series.

@MarsFKA Жыл бұрын

And a Maxim gun with a rate of fire three times faster than the real thing. Ahhh, Hollywood!

@Elephantine999 Жыл бұрын

Another interesting production. Thanks! :)

@Firefocus-fz2we 2 жыл бұрын

6:24 That anime has quite a few other historical weapons showcased

@paleoph6168 2 жыл бұрын

1:22 Can you upload some scenes from 55 Days at Peking?

@jackstecker5796 2 жыл бұрын

I forget which battle it was in WW1, but a British machine gun battalion, (consider that, entire battalion of machine gunners) threw something like 4 millions rounds over a couple days in indirect fire. I actually talked to a seriously old school guy, who gave me range charts, and taught me how to use a magnetic compass to deliver indirect machine gun fire out about 3 miles. If you lay the compass on the top of the top cover, the steel draws the compass needle. The bubble in the compass gives you the vertical angle, the range chart gives you elevation, and you adjust for windage using T&E (traverse and elevation) on the tripod. All of a sudden, 3 miles away, it starts raining .303 rounds. For a couple days. From about 500 guns. The prospect of it raining full power rifle rounds for several days, continuously, would scare the shit out of me.

@nucleja 7 ай бұрын

amazing video and some great reccomendations!

@ush1968 Жыл бұрын

Also featured in the WW1 air war movie Aces High ( 1976) that featured an odd combo of a top mounted Lewis spade-grip and a cowling mounted Vickers.

@SenorTucano 5 ай бұрын

3:06 outstanding to see the Vickers gun scene from ‘The Wild Geese’

@TheMaxWhoKnewTooMuch 2 жыл бұрын

The Wind That Shakes The Barley, though briefly shown in this particular video, is excellent.

@geordiedog1749 2 жыл бұрын

Nice touch at the end.

@regard.pduplessis2109 2 жыл бұрын

back at it again with a awesome video

@rogerauger7766 Жыл бұрын

Johnny, I am a new subsciber to your channel. Very informative. Keep up the good work man. :)

@euanmilne5302 2 жыл бұрын

there's a story about a squad of vickers machine gunners, using about 6 or so machine guns provided never-ending cover fire for 12 hours, changing barrels often but never jamming or breaking down

@arnijulian6241 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Johnny! Some fellas are still using Maxims chambered in 7.62 in Ukraine against the Russians funnily. i could resist bubbling when I saw the pictures, 1 fella made a twin mount for to maxims on a motor. The great grandpa of machine guns still fires on the battle fields even today 138 years since it's inception. Hiram Maxim a Dual nationality British American inventor born 1840 USA Maine & died in London in 1916. Vickers & son was Vickers, son & Maxim till Maxim passed. Vickers is the Englishmen that funded him to make his 1882 patent for a machine gun a reality. I could say more but I think I would bore & you said plenty enough to cover it Johnny as you highlighted it role well enough & the death it brought.

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

well that is not surprising. Maxim sold his designs (or somebody sure did ) to Russia / Russian empire back in the days of Tsar. they made a variant called Maxim PM M1910 , which was the backbone of every Eastern Europe and Eurasian army prior to the end of WW2 , where it was significantly replaced with SG-43, SGM, DP series machine gun, RPD and eventually the PKM.

@arnijulian6241 2 жыл бұрын

@@patriotenfield3276 Not surprising they have maxims, but it is surprisingthat they are still using them at all.

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

@@arnijulian6241 Oh the Rebels of the DNR and LPR uses them too. plus many of these Maxims in current use are actually made in 1940s and available in huge numbers in Ukrainian stock (pre 2014 war ) . these Guns are cheap, reliable easy to maintain because they have spare parts available or can be salvaged from other machine guns .also 7.62*54mm Ammunition is widely available in that region. so why to waste extra money when you can use some local stuff to kill? also this has become a war of attrition on both sides. so much so that they have went great lengths to kill each other. also if South Asian forces like in India , Nepal , Bhutan, Myanmar Afghanistan and Pakistan are still using Lee Enfields , Brens , Sterlings , Stens, Webley's and even Martini Henry (tatmadaw police), then why not.

@arnijulian6241 2 жыл бұрын

@@patriotenfield3276 Agreed it works but it's a bit odd to see something used by my Great Great grand father day still in use. I can't help but chuckle.

@rdjhardy 2 жыл бұрын

10:55 shows the Vickers 'slap' which was the machine gunner's way of traversing during sustained fire.

@mikeywilkinsjr3769 2 жыл бұрын

Do the M1919 30 cal machine gun next

@MrReded69 2 жыл бұрын

What? You didn't see enough of them as they anachronistically co-starred in that Lawrence of Arabia scene? LOL😃

@philsc6028 Жыл бұрын

this is great tips for some good old movies

@Highice007 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid as always. You even showed bits from the greatest mercanary movie ever made. The Wild Geese.

@evancrum6811 2 жыл бұрын

excellent as always

@ESFAndy011 Жыл бұрын

God, Innocent Voices is *such* a good movie, thank you for shedding light into it.

@lug8762 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@loyalpiper 2 жыл бұрын

You've once again pleasantly surprised me

@djolley61 2 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons there was so much slaughter during World War One is that they were basically using the same infantry tactics as during the Napoleonic Wars. These tactics were actually shown to be outmoded during the American Civil War, with the advent of the rifled musket using the Minie ball. Firearms became deadly out to 1000 yards. The range and rate of fire of machine guns and rifles only made the situation worse during WWI. The British and French generals kept thinking if they could just mass enough troops in one place they could break through. Tens of thousands killed in a few days was the result.

@minuteman4199 2 жыл бұрын

The Germans thought the same thing. That's how they were stopped in 1914.

@ComissarYarrick 2 жыл бұрын

Not fully true. Armies (both entante and central powers ) realised fairly qickly that infantry tactics and drills form pre war were insufficient. However it took them over 3 years of traial and & error (often very costly one ), and many, many tactical and technical innovattions to finaly discover means of breaking stalemate of trench warfare.

@haroldjedrzejczyk9449 Жыл бұрын

@@ComissarYarrick What broke the stalemate of trench warfare was the development of tracked armored vehicles, aka: tanks. First by the British and French in 1915/16 and finally in 1917, (too late and very few produced), by the Germans...

@antilliachannel Жыл бұрын

This is a by and large entirely incorrect myth that needs to die. Nobody entered WW1 using Napoleonic tactics; hell, both France and Germany had already engaged each other in a more modern conflict than the American Civil War in 1870, and Britain had been developing modernised tactics through colonial conflicts for decades by this point.

@tomhenry897 Жыл бұрын

British used tanks Germans used storm troops Basic infantry stayed the same

@Will-sq3ip Жыл бұрын

It always shock me in fear whenever I see a gatling gun and Maxim and Vickers machine guns in movies. Aside from the sound of rapid-firing, they are a grim reminder of the rise of mechanized warfare.

@MarsFKA Жыл бұрын

6:34 Talks about indirect fire. My father was a tank commander in the New Zealand Division in Italy, 1943/45. He told me about how the Vickers was often used at night to target some transport/access point, like an intersection ahead of the line. They would fire a few shots into the target at random intervals, not expecting to hit anyone but just to make life inconvenient for Germans in that area. He said, one night, his own position received incoming fire, but from behind! They hid in and under the tanks and got on the radio to find out who was doing the shooting. The shooting stopped and next morning a machine gun Battalion officer showed up to apologise. He said they were supposed to be using Mark 6 ammunition, but accidentally used Mark 5, which had a lower performance.

@silverbladeTE Жыл бұрын

Also used in the grim post-apocalypse British classic film: "No Blade Of Grass"

@Biffo1262 Жыл бұрын

The sighting system was super as those ladies never hit a single sheep. 😂😂😂

@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын

I, for one, appreciate the clips from Blackadder!

@pingwenhung8327 2 жыл бұрын

The best way to Identify a WW1 Heavy Machine Gun "Literally a Huge Water jacket to cool the barrel off"

@nicolasmignot1517 2 жыл бұрын

8:43 look at the guy with the Luger, I didn't expected to see a trigger disciple from a 1930 movie.

@richardclarke3924 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny, great video as usual. Just a thought but would it be worth publishing a list of the films used, I often find a couple of gems in your list and would be good to have a point of reference. Lee Enfield mk 5 please.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard. Thanks for the feedback. All movies are listed in the top right corner while the video plays and a full list is in the video description. Hope that helps.

@MikeWhiskyTango Жыл бұрын

I saw one of these fired against targets in 1983 at a firepower demo. The targets were uniforms filled with meat from the mess-hall. Holy crap... the mince meat.

@wolf_7479 2 жыл бұрын

10:27 It should be noted that the Japanese had two license build copies of the Vickers (or well the Vickers Class E to be specific), the Type 97 fixed (not to be confused with the 97 tank machine gun) you mentioned in the same .303 round the British used and the Type 89 fixed (not to be confused with the 89 flexible which is based on the Type 11) in 7.7 Japanese with the latter being used by the Army air force and the former by the Navy.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for adding this!

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for correcting me. 🙂

@mijoges6288 2 жыл бұрын

welp i just binged all of your vids from the past year. time to start making my way further down the timeline

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

Right on man thanks for watching. More to come.

@historicmilitaria1944 2 жыл бұрын

Nice gun...I have one on its tripod in my living room.

@biaIetti 2 жыл бұрын

I can now die in peace

@thatonefpsgamer1339 2 жыл бұрын

Its nice to know we have a back up mg if an emp pulse sets us back to the 1900s

@hugomarin8136 2 жыл бұрын

the vickers is my favorite weapon

@ryszakowy 2 жыл бұрын

he even mentioned archer... legend

@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to get my hands on a couple of those

@twinpinesranch Жыл бұрын

One was placed upon the Chilkoot pass to maintain order in 1898

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

other facts :- This machine gun was the first medium machine gun in service of Indian army which soon saw action in the immediate 1947-48 First Indo Pak war ,where it also saw action both as a MMG and anti aircraft role. nevertheless the opposing Pakistani Army also used the same Vickers. India also was using M1919 GPMG as tank mounted machine gun. Both armies replaced them with FN MAG and PKM for the IA while Rheinmetall MG3 for the PA. This machine gun also saw service with the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh liberation war ( 3rd Indo Pak war is a war within this war ) and with Sri Lankan army as well as communist insurgents during the 1971 JVP insurrection. also SADF (South African Defense Forces) were using this gun as late as in the 80s owing to it's reliability , easy to maintain and cheap to procure, before being replaced by FN MAG and PKM and eventually by my favorite Vektor SS-77 Machine gun. it was also used by both IRA and the loyalist ulsters during the Troubles .

@FrauleinMuller999 2 жыл бұрын

South Africa used Soviet weapons? How much?

@patriotenfield3276 2 жыл бұрын

@@FrauleinMuller999 how much you ask? Just look at the entire Rhodesian Bush war , The Angolan bush war , Mozambique Civil war and The South African Border war. South African and Rhodesian forces (Later many ex Rhodesians will join the SADF ) captured a large number of Soviet equipment from MPLA , SWAPO ,ZANU-PF , ZAPU,FRELIMO Cubans ,Libyans, and even Soviet ships . a large number of them were AK-47/AKM , (Still in Service) Type 56 , (assumed still in service) SKS PPSH-41 SG-43/SGM DP-27 DshK-M (used extensively by the Rhodesians) PK/PKM (still in Service with airborne troops ) RPG-2 RPG-7 (still in Service with SANDF) 9K32 Strela-2 (in reserves) AT-3 Sagger 9K31 Strela 1 (still in service with Special forces ) KPV/ ZPU system (used extensively by the Rhodesians ) BM-21 (inspired to create the Valkiri and Bateleur 127mm ) M-46 130mm Howitzer (used till the end of the war ) D-74 122mm Howitzer (all destroyed) ZU-23-2 (in service as the Bosvark AA gun) Zastava m55 (used by Rhodesians extensively)

@FrauleinMuller999 2 жыл бұрын

@@patriotenfield3276 ahhh captured! This explains my question. Very in depth and informative comment

@doddery99 2 жыл бұрын

The First accounts of Defilade fire came from the vickers and we still use full defilade fire today I’ve done it once or twice very interesting concept

@pinejungleboogie3563 2 жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget the Vickers in Brat 2(brother 2)

@elcamino817 2 жыл бұрын

Next the "Browning M2HB .50cal" plz!

@officercat7907 Жыл бұрын

Love the video! Just quick side note, you showed RDR 1 and according to IMFDB, that's actually a Browning M1917.

@panzerivausfg4062 2 жыл бұрын

It may seem odd but it's my favourite looking water cooled MG out there...I really like the design and the firepower!

@johnsmith-sp6yl Жыл бұрын

on the first day of november, in 1893, we fought the matabele at the battle of bembezi and near 6000 warriors, we stopped them on the run, the bravest of the brave could never match the maxim gun.

@phoebe3122 2 жыл бұрын

This is my second favorite Machine gun next to M60E4

@steveperry1344 Жыл бұрын

at the american legion post in reading, ma. they have a deactivated maxim type gun on a tripod sitting outside the door. i always thought that was kinda cool.

@Dragonfist12185 2 жыл бұрын

How about something of the First World War German A7V, or the french Renault FT tanks?

@iwoodbustanut7380 4 ай бұрын

The vicker’s/maxim design really just kind of refuses to be obsolete lol. Debuted in the late 19th century in British colonial wars in Sudan, then to ww1. When almost everyone decided to switch to LMGs, the Russians and Chinese still used them against the axis and worked. Then it is still used by the Ukrainians in the 21st century when the Russians invaded. Absolute masterpiece of a weapon.

@indigohammer5732 2 жыл бұрын

I have read that UK Forces took one down to the Falklands in 1982 and employed it in a sustained fire role in ranges over one Mile. It's probably lies. It was declared obsolete in 1968 and .303 Ball wouldn't be common in the supply chain. It's a nice thought though.

@MrReded69 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and the near Arctic weather would have made deploying a water cooled weapon more trouble than it was worth, even if was just a post war test. The Brits already had enough experience with using the gun in freezing weather in both world wars and korea. And though using anti-freeze in the water jacket worked, it didn't make it any lighter!! Especially its 45 pound Mk IV tripod! The L7 GPMG/MAG 58 mounted on its L4A1 tripod replaced the Vickers as the heavy fire support MG back in the '60s. Funny note: in the 3rd Parachute Battalion(3 Para) the section that crewed these guns were referred to as The Music Section. Apparently because they replaced the battalion's musicians on the traditional Table of Organization chart.

@Conn30Mtenor Жыл бұрын

My grandfather, John Burnham lied about his age and joined the CEF in 1915. He was tall for his age and on his attestation papers it reads "Apparent age, 19". He was a Lewis gunner in the 72nd Bn, later a Vickers gunner and joined up again in WW2 but never made it overseas owing to wounds received in the first war. In WW2 he was a Vickers instructor in Vernon Camp.

@oddballsok 2 жыл бұрын

9:29 "remember to lift the arms...LIFT BOTH ARMS to make a believable death !!!! all of you !....now ACTION .."

@dun0790 2 жыл бұрын

Blackadder fits anything lol

@KrisBurns22 4 ай бұрын

Saw a video the other day on KZfaq From Ukraine. They had a panther at a check point, and vikers set up. I’m sure the panther was towed as a decoy, but the vik was loaded and ready.

@IQsveen 2 жыл бұрын

Great content as always! Have you seen most of the movies you're talking about?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 2 жыл бұрын

I try to watch them all but usually I've only seen about 80% of them.

@Splodge542 2 жыл бұрын

In the indirect role you could use it as a barrage weapon. The bullets would drop into a beaten zone and either suppress defenders or annihilate troops in the open. A machine gun barrage. Horrible. Death from above.