MANUALS AND HANDBOOKS

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I scan and make available various manuals within my collection. Those relevant to the Vickers MG are below. Other manuals are available at Weapons OnLine and Living History OnLine.

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Title	Year	Country of Origin	File Size	Request
Armourer's Documents & Parts Lists:
S.A. Identification Lists, C.1 American, Guns, Machine, Vickers .30in., U.S.A., Mk. 1., and Mountings	1941	United Kingdom	3538 KB
Identification List - Gun, Machine, Vickers .303-in., Mk. I and Mounting Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mk.IVB	1945	Australia	5372 KB
Vickers M.G. (.303-in.) Data Summary	1945	Canada	340 KB
Identification List For Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-in., Mark 1 On Mounting, Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mark 4B	1949	United Kingdom	6711 KB
Gun, Machine, .303-inch, Vickers, Mark I	1954	United Kingdom	4427 KB
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Instructions	1963	Australia	6593 KB
Identification List For Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-in., Mark 1 On Mounting, Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mark 4B	1975	Iraq	9629 KB
Commercial Guides:
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (5th Edition)	1914	United Kingdom	17 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (6th Edition)	1915	United Kingdom	19 MB
Guide for the Vickers Machine Gun (Magazine Rifle Chamber)	1915	United Kingdom	3.34 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (7th Edition)	1915	United Kingdom	16.7 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (8th Edition)	1915	United Kingdom	39MB MB
Motor Machine Gun Equipments, Mark IV	1915	United Kingdom	1.6 MB
Machine Gun Training (.303 and .22 Cartridges)	1916	United Kingdom	4.41 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (9th Edition)	1916	United Kingdom	18.89 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (10th Edition)	1916	United Kingdom	21 MB
A.B.C. du Mitrailleur	1917	France	5.21 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (11th Edition)	1917	United Kingdom	31 MB
Handbook for the Vickers (.303-in.) Machine Gun	1917	United States of America	5.30 MB
Guns for the Home Guard	c. 1940	United Kingdom	1.89 MB
The Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism Made Easy	c. 1940	United Kingdom	2.15 MB
The Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism Made Easy	1942	United Kingdom	1.22 MB
.300 Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism Made Easy	1944	United Kingdom	2.26MB
How to Remedy and Prevent Stoppages	1942	United Kingdom	1.25 MB
Small Arms Manual (1st Edition)	1942	United Kingdom	5.84 MB
Small Arms Manual (3rd Edition)	1944	United Kingdom	13.88 MB
Manual of Modern Automatic Guns	c. 1942	United Kingdom	1.33 MB
The Vickers Gun Simplified	c. 1942	Australia	1.2 MB
The Vickers Gun Simplified (2nd Edition)	c. 1944	Australia	2.22 MB
Machine Gun Commanders' Memory Card (9th Edition)	c. 1944	United Kingdom	333 KB
Handbooks:
Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun (Magazine Rifle Chamber) Mounted on Tripod Mounting, Mark IV	1914	United Kingdom	6.11 MB
Handbook of the Range-Finder Infantry, No. 2. (Barr & Stroud). 31.5 inches base.	1916	United Kingdom	2.75 MB
Handbook of the Vickers Machine Gun Model of 1915 With Pack Outfits & Accessories	1917	United States of America	3.48 MB
Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun Mounted on Tripod Mounting, Mark IV	1918	United Kingdom	4.51 MB
Handbook of "C.C." Interrupter Gear. Types A, A1 and B. (Constantinesco Fire Control Timing Gear). (Second Edition)	1918	United Kingdom	2.33 MB
Handbook for the Vickers Gun (Royal Air Force)	1919	United Kingdom	7 MB
Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun Mounted on Tripod Mounting, Mark IV	1923	United Kingdom
Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun and Tripod Mounting, Mark IV	1930	United Kingdom	11.44MB
Handbook for the .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun (Supplement)	1930	United Kingdom	887 KB
Handbook of the Range-Finder, Infantry, No. 12 (Marks III, III**, IV, IV*, IV** and V)	1933	United Kingdrom	3.61 MB
Machine Gun Handbook (Technical), Volume I, Pamphlet No. 1 - Vickers .303-in. and .5-in. Machine Guns and Appurtenances	1940	United Kingdom	11 MB
Machine Gun Handbook (Technical), Volume I, Pamphlet No. 2 - Mountings, Tripod, .303-in. M.G., Mk. IV; Adapter, Vickers, M.G., Mk. I; Mount, Field, Vickers .303-in. M.G., Mk. I; Shoulder-piece, M.G., No. 4; Packsaddlery, etc. for Vickers .303-in. and 5-in. Machine Guns	1940	United Kingdom	2 MB
Infantry Training:
Infantry Training	1914	United Kingdom	18 MB
Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 24, The Medium Machine Gun, Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1951	United Kingdom	11.07 MB
Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 24, The Medium Machine Gun, Part II - Training	1951	United Kingdom	16.64 MB
Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 24, The Medium Machine Gun, Part III - Fire Control	1951	United Kingdom	2.62 MB
Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 24, The Medium Machine Gun, Part III - Fire Control	1951	Australia
Volume II, Infantry Heavy Weapons, Pamphlet No. 26, Range-Finder No. 12	1946 (Reprinted with Amendments (No. 1) 1949)	United Kingdom	2.2 MB
Machine Gun Training:
Infantry Machine-Gun Company Training (Provisional)	1917	United Kingdom	5.98 MB
Machine Gun Training (Provisional)	1921	United Kingdom	10.84 MB
Machine Gun Training	1925	United Kingdom	10.02 MB
Machine Gun Training, Supplement	1925	United Kingdom	4.2 MB
Machine Gun Training, Amendment No. 1	1925	United Kingdom	1.18 MB
Machine Gun Training, Amendment No. 2	1925	United Kingdom	1.38 MB
Military Training Pamphlets:
No. 31 - Notes on the Organization and the Tactical Handling of Medium Machine Guns	1940	United Kingdom	403 KB
No. 35 - Royal Armoured Corps Weapons. Part 4: Vickers GO Machine-Gun Mark I	1943	United Kingdom	590 KB
Other Official Publications:
Manual of Field Engineering	1911 (Reprinted 1914)	United Kingdom	13 MB
Field Service Manual, 1914 - Infantry Battalion (Expeditionary Force)	United Kingdom	2457 KB
La Mitrailleuse anglaise "Vickers"	1917	France	1.62 MB
Machine Gunner's Pocket Book	1917	United Kingdom	12.12 MB
Machine Gun Drill Regulations (Provisional)	1917	United States of America	11.3 MB
Provisional Machine-Gun Firing Manual	1917	United States of America	13.1 MB
Textbook of Aerial Gunnery	1917	United Kingdom	2.25 MB
SS135J - The Division in the Attack	1918	United Kingdom	4.47 MB
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns. Part I - Tactical	1918	United Kingdom	3.9 MB
Machine Gunner's Pocket Book	1918	United Kingdom	13 MB
Machine Gun Notes	1918	United States of America	10.5 MB
Supplement to Machine Gun Drill Regulations (Provisional) 1917 and Provisional Machine Gun Firing Manual 1917	1918	United States of America	22.31 MB
Armament - Student's Notes	c. 1941	United Kingdom	1.17 MB
Armament Free Gun Air Firing - Notes for Students	1943	United Kingdom	3.18 MB
Kaasutoimintainen tahystajakonekivaari Vickers Kal. 7,70 mm. (.303') [Vickers GO Gun]	1943	Finland	6.52 MB
Carriers, Manpack, G.S. - Notes on Use.	c.1945	United Kingdom	478 KB
Range Tables:
Machine Gun Range Cards	1914	United Kingdom	1.20 MB
Machine Gun Range Table	1916	United Kingdom	128.56 KB
Range Table of the .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1923	United Kingdom	567.21 KB
Range Table of the .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1926	United Kingdom	748.6 KB
Range Table for .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1931	United Kingdom
Range Table for .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1937	United Kingdom
Range Tables for .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1939	United Kingdom
Range Tables for .303-inch Vickers Machine-Gun	1960	United Kingdom
Small Arms Training Manuals:
Volume II - Light Automatic, Grenade and Anti-Aircraft	1931	United Kingdom	18 MB
Volume III - .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun	1931	United Kingdom	26 MB
Volume V - Small Arms Range Regulations	1931	United Kingdom	7.45 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 10 - Infantry Range-finder	1937	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 10 - Infantry Range-finder (Modified for Australia)	1937	Australia	2 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 10 - Infantry Range-finder	1937 (Supplement No. 1, Falsification Tables, 1941)	United Kingdom	866 KB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1939	United Kingdom	6 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1939	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part IIA - Training Infantry (Limber and Horsed Cavalry)	1939	Australia
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part III - Fire Control	1939	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part III - Fire Control	1939	Australia
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1939 (Reprinted with Amendments (Nos. 1 and 2) 1941)	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1939 (Reprinted with Amendments 1942)	Australia
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1939 (Supplement (The Clinometer and Bar Foresight), 1940, Modified for Australia)	Australia
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1940	India	3.31 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1940 (Reprinted in January 1941 with Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 incorporated)	India	7.37 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1941	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part I - Mechanical Subjects	1941	Canada
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1941	Canada
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1941 (Supplement No. 1, Radial Twin Vickers A.A. Mounting, 1942)	United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part III - Fire Control	1942	United Kingdom	6 MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part III - Fire Control	1942	Canada	5.98MB
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1943	Australia
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun Part II - Training	1944	United Kingdom
The Army Gymnasium - Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun All Parts	1960s	South Africa	22 MB
Tank Training:
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Weapons - Sequence of Instruction	1932	United Kingdom	8 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 2: .303-in, Vickers Machine Guns, Marks VI, IVA, IVB, and I	1936	United Kingdom	8 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 3: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Marks IV and II	1936	United Kingdom	1 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 4: Machine Gun Mountings and Appurtenances for use in Armoured Fighting Vehicles	1936	United Kingdom	1 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 4: Machine Gun Mountings and Appurtenances for use in Armoured Fighting Vehicles (Amendment No. 1)	1936	United Kingdom	428 KB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 5: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Mark V	1937	United Kingdom	2 MB

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