MANUALS AND HANDBOOKS

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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A full online version of the 1951 Manual on the Medium Machine Gun is available.

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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 3.18 MB
Identification List - Gun, Machine, Vickers .303-in., Mk. I and Mounting Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mk.IVB 1945 Australia 1.34 MB
Identification List For Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-in., Mark 1 On Mounting, Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mark 4B 1949 United Kingdom 2.06 MB
Gun, Machine, .303-inch, Vickers, Mark I 1954 United Kingdom 890 KB
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Instructions 1963 Australia 2.44 MB
Identification List For Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-in., Mark 1 On Mounting, Tripod, .303-in., M.G., Mark 4B 1975 Iraq 8.16 MB

Commercial Guides:

The Machine Gunners' Handbook (5th Edition) 1914 United Kingdom 16.81 MB
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (6th Edition) 1915 United Kingdom 19.4 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
The Machine Gunners' Handbook (8th Edition) 1915 United Kingdom 10.85 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 8.75 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 for the Vickers Gun (Royal Air Force) 1919 United Kingdom 7 MB
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
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 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
Machine Gun Range Cards 1914 United Kingdom 1.20 MB
La Mitrailleuse anglaise "Vickers" 1917 France 1.62 MB
Machine Gunner's Pocket Book 1917 United Kingdom 12.12 MB
Provisional Machine-Gun Firing Manual 1917 United States of America 13.1 MB
SS135J - The Division in the Attack

As above - High Resolution

1918 United Kingdom 4.47 MB

12.18 MB

SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns. Part I - Tactical

As above - High Resolution

1918 United Kingdom 3.9 MB

10.24 MB

Machine Gunner's Pocket Book 1918 United Kingdom 13 MB
Machine Gun Notes 1918 United States of America
Supplement to Machine Gun Drill Regulations (Provisional) 1917 and Provisional Machine Gun Firing Manual 1917 1918 United States of America 22.31 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Weapons - Sequence of Instruction 1932 United Kingdom 2.59 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 2: .303-in, Vickers Machine Guns, Marks VI, IVA, IVB, and I 1936 United Kingdom 7.82 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 3: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Marks IV and II 1936 United Kingdom 2 MB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 4: Machine Gun Mountings and Appurtenances for use in Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1936 United Kingdom 1.52 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 443 KB
Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 5: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Mark V 1937 United Kingdom 3 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

Range Tables:

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 18.33 MB
Volume III - .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun 1931 United Kingdom 7.44 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 1937 (Supplement No. 1, Falsification Tables, 1941) United Kingdom
Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun
Part I - Mechanical Subjects
1939 United Kingdom
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 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 I - Mechanical Subjects
1941 United Kingdom
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
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

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