Vickers K machine gun

Cutaway · Post by **Cutaway** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:29 pm

http://www.justordinarymen.org.uk/custo ... s_G.O..jpg[/pic]

http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/ima ... /kgun3.jpg[/pic]

http://www.hansonclan.co.uk/images/Roya ... /K_gun.jpg[/pic]

This weapon is a derivative of the Vickers-Berthier imaged below:

http://worldwar2.free.fr/vickersberthier.jpg[/pic]

http://www.ima-usa.com/images/BV1032-1.jpg[/pic]

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:17 am

When the 'K' guns became obsolete/redundant in WW II, Col. David Sterling scrounged some from the RAF and gave them a new lease of life as vehicle mounted guns. See 'The Phantom Major' by Virginia Cowles, William Collins, Sons & Company Ltd.

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:27 am

That is a very good read as I remember.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:43 am

Vicker's K guns which had become redundant in the RAF were scrounged by David Sterling for his SAS and were given a new lease of life as vehicle mounted weapons. See 'The Phantom Major' by Virginia Cowles, William Collins, Sons & Company Limited. (abt 1957/8)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/ ... image0.jpg[/pic]

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:17 am

Somehow the first post, which hadn't worked, eventually did so

Here's an interesting link to tho LRDG etc

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/mgs.html