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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association

2 жыл бұрын

To raise awareness of the commemoration of the centenary of the disbandment of the Machine Gun Corps 1922-2022, the Vickers MG Collection & Research Association organised a shoot of sixteen Vickers machine guns at the National Rifle Association, Bisley, Surrey. This had been the Machine Gun Training Centre for the Machine Gun Corps (Motors) so an apt location. Held on 3 July, around two weeks before the disbandment anniversary, it involved around 60 people, all who had been trained, and 16,000 rounds of .303-inch ammunition purchased especially for the event.
There is no intent whatsoever to glorify warfare or the destruction that machine guns cause. Machine guns caused death on a scale not previously seen and were the weapons of mass destruction during the Great War. This event hopefully draws attention to the men of the Machine Gun Corps and the men and women who had some links to the machine gun. When watching, consider this is just a small 'taste' of the battlefield and the impact machine guns had.
Please do support us to ensure we can continue these events in the future: vickersmg.blog/about/support/
Huge thanks to the film production team for putting this together.
Producer: Adam Blackmore-Heal
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Alec Seaman
Editor: Adam Blackmore-Heal
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Пікірлер: 75

@colin5296 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding effort .

@vickersmg 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, very much appreciated.

@allanedwards5349 2 жыл бұрын

Really well done to the NRA and all those involved in putting on this terrific, polished, professional and safe display. I thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great Allan. The NRA were wholly supportive of the event we planned and put together. A lot of effort went into this so please do support us if you can vickersmg.blog/about/support/

@renes9966 2 жыл бұрын

A top quality video covering a really historic event!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you were a part of it Rene!

@chrisbailey9331 Жыл бұрын

Truly remarkable! A fitting tribute to all of those involved in some way with the Vickers Machine Gun. My Grandfather was on the Vickers during the Great War, while serving with the Royal Marines, where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He went on to serve with the Royal Marines throughout the Second World War, and retired the service with the rank of CSM. Excellent work gentlemen and ladies.👍🏻😁

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris. Glad you thought so. Please ensure you subscribe for more of our videos that might help you understand your grandfather’s service with the Vickers.

@chrisbailey9331 Жыл бұрын

Yes I have subscribed already ! Actually I have one of these Grand Old Ladies and used to display it with Richard Knight going back in the day! So I actually know quite a bit already 👍🏻 Nice to see some of the detailed stuff and to see live firing 👍🏻😊

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Great. Glad you did. If you’re ever in the Swindon area, come and visit us.

@Toaster193 2 жыл бұрын

What a superb event !. It's absolutely critical to shoot these and show the reality of use as it brings history to life !, well done.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adrian. Glad you thought it superb. If you’d like to know more about what goes into this sort of event then please join Rich for a livestream q&a this evening (Wednesday 8pm U.K. time).

@StrangelyBrownNo1 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely terrific event and great to see it run so professionally and so safely. A credit to the crew and the gun!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marlon. Your comments are much appreciated.

@mattconnor8677 Жыл бұрын

THAT is a tremendous amount of British .303 ammo going downrange. I would NOT want to be Jerry on the receiving end of that drum fire.

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

It certainly was quite something. There are more clips of the impact on our various social media pages.

@TheWirksworthGunroom 2 жыл бұрын

"Fish and Chips"? No, "I'll get you before you get me." (For anybody who doesn't get that, well, never mind!) A magnificent demonstration, sadly I couldn't be there but at least I was instructing on a rifle range for the local club that day so am, maybe, slightly redeemed. Keep up the good work.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

‘Whoosh’ is the sound of the fish and chips comment going over my head. Glad you liked the video even if you couldn’t be there. Onwards!

@daylyt100 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic event, great support worthy of donations. Thank you!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@occasionalmarksman4865 2 жыл бұрын

Just fantastic, military history comes to life on a canvas belt in caliber point 303. There is something drastically wrong with the youtube algorithm that this video doesn't have a 100K views by now.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The YT algorithm is not our great friend. Had to be shared and found the hard way so please do pass it on and spread the word to support us: vickersmg.blog/support/

@GarandGuy2553 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! Cheers from America.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

That’s appreciated. Thank you. Please do support us if you can: vickersmg.blog/about/support/

@TwoMikesProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely excellent video guys. Gutted I couldnt be there for it!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

It was a great day. Still tidying up!

@mikewilson631 Жыл бұрын

Icing on the cake would be some representation of the Motor Machine Gun Service, particularly the sidecar outfits.

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Yes that would have been great. We did mention the MMGS and MGC(M) during the presentation, especially as Bisley was their Training Centre, but we weren’t able to get a sidecar for firing from, despite asking.

@joemorganeatmyshortschannel 2 жыл бұрын

outstanding as always

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe

@danielshawn83705 2 жыл бұрын

Great shoot and video -- very nicely done!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn. Much appreciated. If you’d like to support the association and ensure we can do more of this in the future, please go to vickersmg.blog/about/support/ and find out more.

@snidertom8971 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tom

@marcdavis4509 2 жыл бұрын

Those women were having a grand time!

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

It was brilliant being able to include them in context and get them to represent that element of the machine gunnery piece.

@robinireland810 2 жыл бұрын

Great to have been there to “feel” the concussion from all 16 guns. Well done, one and all. Looking forward to the 50cal version.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Well we need a lot of support just to get the one .5-inch Vickers firing so please do head over and sign up to support our patreon pages or make a donation vickersmg.blog/about/support/

@robinireland810 2 жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg where do I donate ammunition? I’ll put a belt of 50 rounds aside for you. 50BMG I assume? I’m sure the FCSA (Fifty Calibre Shooting Association UK) would be happy to assist.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Well there’s the rub! .5-inch Vickers is very different to .50 BMG so we have to have it made bespoke. Currently working through that.

@robinireland810 2 жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg well, that’s got me interested! I’ll check out your patreon page.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

.5-inch v/565 is the round for the .5-inch. The gun arrived this week so we can spend the winter sorting the project.

@joey243win 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you found it so.

@stephenchapman4440 2 жыл бұрын

ANNND now I want a Vickers.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Well hopefully this doesn’t boost the market! We’re always looking for more.

@theflyingfool Жыл бұрын

It's very interesting to hear the slightly different rates of fire of various MGs. I'm assuming there is some way to fine tune the weapon, such as a gas port, for reliable cycling which might give a faster rate of firefor some guns?

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

It’s the tension on the fusee springs that determines that rate of fire. Any weight between 7 and 9 lbs is acceptable.

@theflyingfool Жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg thanks!!

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. Watch the q&a video we did for more info.

@TuanAnhLeIV 2 жыл бұрын

I head you said the gun fire in 25 rounds bust but is it have to be exact every time ? And if so, how can you make sure each bust is exactly 25 ? round

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a guess. You can see the No 2 roughly counting the rounds in some of the clips. 25 rounds of about the height of the body of the tripod. vickersmg.blog/support/

@zoiders 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that much .303 from? I know its still commercially available from a few sources but bugger me that's a lot ball in one go.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

It was new-made PPU ammunition. Bought direct from the U.K. Importer. It wasn’t an issue to get that much really. Other than an explosives licence being needed to keep it all in one place!

@zoiders 2 жыл бұрын

Ah. Serbia. If they can supply .303 by the crate does that mean someone out there is still using .303 Brens?

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Not that we’re aware of at all. The main outlet seems to be historic sport shooters. We understand we have been the biggest user of 303 ball ammunition this year. So far around 21,000 rounds fired.

@GK1976A Жыл бұрын

Why did no one tell me about this event? 😞

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

To be honest, it wasn’t absolutely nailed on confirmed it was going to happen until the week before but we pulled everything together and made it so! We put it out on all our social media quite a lot in that week so make sure you subscribe and follow us in case it happens again (it won’t be the same but it’ll be something).

@GK1976A Жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg Coolio! I’ll follow your posts from now on.

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Great! That’s what we like to hear. Check out the VR/360 video from the shoot as well as the recorded livestream for all of Rich’s commentary as well.

@tandemcompound2 Жыл бұрын

take that Ludendorff

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Here’s an example of a battle action where a machine gun battalion delayed divisions of men in the 1918 German advances. Machine Guns in the Defence - Lesboeufs 1918 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpuCf5uY3q6rkps.html

@thegunbox81 Жыл бұрын

Where can I get a 100 years of machine gunnery shirts??

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

We have one XL left in stock on our website: vickersmg.blog/product/tee-shirt-mgc2022-commemorative/ If that doesn't suit and you're still interested, then we can add the design to our teespring store for bespoke ordering. Sorry for the delay in replying!

@thegunbox81 Жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg can you ship to the US?

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

Absolutely we can but it’s not cheap (we only charge actual costs on shipping though).

@thegunbox81 Жыл бұрын

@@vickersmg how much is shipping?

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

If you follow the link, you can put your address in and get a quote. For a CA zip code it was about £18 though! More than the cost of the teeshirt (so perhaps add in a book or something at the same time).

@Pilot12370 2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍 unthinkable in Germany. 😩

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

Most people think that’s it’s unthinkable here in the U.K.

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

We do intend putting together a Q&A video at some point soon that will help explain the nuances of what we do.

@AlexanderWright1 Жыл бұрын

You really wouldn't want to be on the other end of that.

@vickersmg Жыл бұрын

It's a devastating effect and this demonstration shows how they can be considered the first weapon of mass destruction!

@petecarnes6024 2 жыл бұрын

So glad the ladies found humor in this. Let’s hope they get back to their nursing duties ........

@vickersmg 2 жыл бұрын

We’re not sure of the point you’re trying to make here. The women were representing the factory workers that were an important part of the industry that supported these guns and the men in service. Those taking part on the day were all relieved and rightly satisfied that the training and planning effort that so many had put in paid off with the event running as smoothly as we had hoped.