AMMUNITION

While principally a .303-inch (7.7mm) gun, the Vickers mechanism was transferred into many different calibres and used by many different countries around the World.

The complete range of calibres in which the Vickers produced or used is:

Metric calibre (mm) Description Link
6.5 Italian Click here
6.5 x 50 Japanese Type 38 Click here
6.5 x 54 R Dutch Click here
7 x 57 Mauser Click here
7.11 Canadian (.280-inch) Click here
7.5 x 55 Swiss Click here
7.62 x 51 NATO Click here
7.62 x 54 R Russian Click here
7.62 x 63 .30-06 Click here
7.65 x 53 R Argentinian Mauser Click here
7.65 x 53 R Belgian Mauser Click here
7.65 x 53 R Mauser Click here
7.7 British (.303-inch) Click here
7.7 x 58 SR Japanese Type 58 Click here
7.92 x 57 German Click here
8 Danish Click here
8 Lebel Click here
8 x 52 R Siamese Click here
11 x 59 R Gras Click here
12.7 x 81 v/580 Click here
12.7 x 81 SR v/565 Click here
12.7 x 120 SR v/664 & v/690 Click here
13.9 x 99 R .55-inch Click here
16.8 x 149 SR .661-inch Click here
25.4 1-inch Click here
37 x 61 1-pdr Click here
37 x 69 R 1-pdr Click here
40 x 158 R Class 'S' Click here

The following abbreviations are used in the above table:

  • pdr Pounder
  • R Rimmed
  • SR Semi-Rimmed

    An Excel spreadsheet with all these cartridges and the countries that used them is available on the downloads page under calibres.xls and a 'Comma-Seperated-Values' version under calibres.csv