More supports for the Australian Tank Platoon infantry. This time a Vickers Medium Machine Gun. I like the model, but no really points effective from a gaming viewpoint, unless on the defence.

he Vickers Machine Gun was one of the longest serving weapons in British military history, with the Mk 1 being employed in virtually unaltered form from its adoption in 1912 until 1968.

The gun is a development of the Maxim system (see FIR 8095) wherein the Maxim toggle action is turned upside down, allowing for the body of the gun to be significantly smaller and, therefore, lighter.

The Vickers medium machine guns weighed 11-kg to 13-kg, but the overall weight often increased to over 20-kg after the addition of tripods.

A typical Vickers medium machine gun crew consisted of six to eight men, a somewhat large number necessitated by the heavy weight of the guns, tripods, and ammunition.

In addition to being used by the infantry, some British tanks, particularly early WW2 models, mounted them as secondary weapons.

Some of these weapons were also used as anti-aircraft machine guns

The last of the support teams tomorrow.