Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
@vickersmg.bsky.social
Registered Charity No. 1210266 (England and Wales). To advance the education of the public in the subject of military history and firearms, in particular (but not exclusively) in relation to the Vickers machine gun.
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional), 1965, Amendments (No. 1)
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional), 1965, Amendments (No. 1)
Ministry of Defence Army Code No 70172-1 V10515.2 19660401
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January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional), 1965, Amendments (No. 1)
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional)
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional)
Ministry of Defence Army Code No 70172 V10515.1 19651101
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January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Infantry Training, Volume IV, Tactics, Training for Night Operations (Provisional)
Machine Gun Training Centre - Lectures
Machine Gun Training Centre – Lectures
Machine Gun Training Centre, Machine Gun Corps This set of notes are aide-memoires for the instructors at the Machine Gun Training Centres of the Great War (Infantry at Belton Park, Grantham; Cavalry at Crowborough; and Motors at Bisley). Named to AR Wadsworth, MG Corps, Grantham. SKR/DAT/IP/26554 Lectures include: Training of Machine Gunners; Allocation of Duties; Indication and Recognition; Ranging; Machine Gun Range Work, I.; Characteristics, I.; Characteristics, II.; Machine Gun Range Work, II.; Fire Direction; Fire Direction, II.; Fire Direction, III.; Fire Direction, IV.; Use of Ground and Cover; Machine Guns in Open Warfare, I.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Machine Gun Training Centre - Lectures
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21, Part 3 - Mortar Tactics and Battle Procedure, 1964
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21, Part 3 – Mortar Tactics and Battle Procedure, 1964
Ministry of Defence Army Code No 9946 V10498 19640401
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January 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21, Part 3 - Mortar Tactics and Battle Procedure, 1964
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Canadian Army 8/42 print. AT0002.9.9.24 19420715
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January 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
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.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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.
For those in the south of England, Rich will be giving a talk to the Wessex branch of the Western Front Assoc this Saturday 3 January 2026 in Pimperne, near Blandford, Dorset. It will cover machine gunnery during the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps, their training and the people in it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
For those in the south of England, Rich will be giving a talk to the Wessex branch of the Western Front Assoc this Saturday 3 January 2026 in Pimperne, near Blandford, Dorset. It will cover machine gunnery during the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps, their training and the people in it.
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21 - 3-inch Mortar, 1951
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21 – 3-inch Mortar, 1951
War Office WO Code No 8594. V10131.2 19510428
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December 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Infantry Training, Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 21 - 3-inch Mortar, 1951
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 3 - No. 4 Rifle and Bayonet (All Arms), 1955
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 3 – No. 4 Rifle and Bayonet (All Arms), 1955
War Office WO Code No 8903. V10131.3 19550205
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December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 3 - No. 4 Rifle and Bayonet (All Arms), 1955
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 (India) - Bayonet, 1944 (ROMAN-URDU)
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 (India) – Bayonet, 1944 (ROMAN-URDU)
Chief of the General Staff (India) AT0002.9.9.11 1944
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December 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12 (India) - Bayonet, 1944 (ROMAN-URDU)
Infantry Machine-Gun Company Training (Provisional) 1917
Infantry Machine-Gun Company Training (Provisional) 1917
War Office The manual for the training of a Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) in the latter half of the Great War. V00409 19170222
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December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Infantry Machine-Gun Company Training (Provisional) 1917
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
War Office May 1944 print. AT0002.9.2.2 19440304
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December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
War Office 7/42 print. Named to BoH Robinson. AT0002.9.9.23 19420715
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December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Another great cartoon inside of this Machine Gun Corps Christmas Card (47 Battalion, 47 Division) and we have also included a special Christmas gift offer for those who would like to trial our Patreon access.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Another great cartoon inside of this Machine Gun Corps Christmas Card (47 Battalion, 47 Division) and we have also included a special Christmas gift offer for those who would like to trial our Patreon access.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Today’s Machine Gun Corps Christmas card was sent from 149 MG Company in 1917. Inside is a great cartoon illustration capturing a pillbox with men wearing the company flash. Part of 149 (Northumberland) Brigade. Full card accessible on the VMGCRA Patreon.
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Today’s Machine Gun Corps Christmas card was sent from 149 MG Company in 1917. Inside is a great cartoon illustration capturing a pillbox with men wearing the company flash. Part of 149 (Northumberland) Brigade. Full card accessible on the VMGCRA Patreon.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 56. MOUNTAIN WARFARE.
Military Training Pamphlet No. 56. MOUNTAIN WARFARE.
War Office AT0002.9.8.11 19430501
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December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Military Training Pamphlet No. 56. MOUNTAIN WARFARE.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
War Office 2/43 print. Named to Sgt Bailey AT0002.9.9.21 19420715
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December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 13, Grenade, 1942.
Vickers Automatic R.C. Gun Class E, for Aeroplanes
Vickers Automatic R.C. Gun Class E, for Aeroplanes
Vickers Ltd Handbook No. 89890 G. (formerly owned by HJ Woodend). V10784.4 1920-1928
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December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Vickers Automatic R.C. Gun Class E, for Aeroplanes
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
War Office April 1944 print. AT0002.9.2.1 19440304
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December 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Infantry Training, Part VIII.- Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics
An extra card today. ‘Almost MGC’ as it is a 1917 Tank Corps card sent by a former member of 24 Battery MGC Motors - Jack Harkness - for who we hold several pieces. @tankmuseum.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
An extra card today. ‘Almost MGC’ as it is a 1917 Tank Corps card sent by a former member of 24 Battery MGC Motors - Jack Harkness - for who we hold several pieces. @tankmuseum.bsky.social
A simple postcard but from a unit that had only a brief existence with the Machine Gun Corps. When Yeomanry troops found themselves on lorries for the last months of the war.
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A simple postcard but from a unit that had only a brief existence with the Machine Gun Corps. When Yeomanry troops found themselves on lorries for the last months of the war.
What’s more festive that a #VickersMG mowing down a group of Germans? 8 Battalion Machine Gun Corps thought this was fine in 1918. Head to our Patreon to see the whole card.
December 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What’s more festive that a #VickersMG mowing down a group of Germans? 8 Battalion Machine Gun Corps thought this was fine in 1918. Head to our Patreon to see the whole card.
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.
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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.
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.