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Re: MG id

Post by Poot » 10 Dec 2018 18:15

That would be a good photo for the 'Germans with captured firearms' thread.

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Re: MG id

Post by Sturm78 » 10 Dec 2018 20:36

Hisname wrote
Dutch Lewis M1920 light machine gun, caliber 6.5x53R, with 97-round magazine.
Thanks for your help, Hisname

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Re: MG id

Post by Juha Tompuri » 10 Dec 2018 21:08

peeved wrote: ↑
28 Sep 2018 20:56
 The jacket holes in the centre gun seem circular; Optical illusion?
Yep:
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Re: MG id

Post by Hisname » 11 Dec 2018 16:19

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Re: MG id

Post by Sturm78 » 28 Apr 2019 22:41

Hi all,

Is this a Vickers K machinegun ? :?

Image from Ebay
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Re: MG id

Post by von thoma » 28 Apr 2019 23:35

Hello Sturm78 ;

This .303 Vickers ‘K’ was a camera gun version used solely for training

Fleet Air Arm gunners are targeting in this shot a Spitfire ! Watch out RAF !
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Re: MG id

Post by Sturm78 » 14 May 2019 20:11

von thoma wrote
This .303 Vickers ‘K’ was a camera gun version used solely for training

Fleet Air Arm gunners are targeting in this shot a Spitfire ! Watch out RAF !
Thank you very much for your help, von thoma... :wink:

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Re: MG id

Post by T. A. Gardner » 25 May 2019 18:40

von thoma wrote: ↑
28 Apr 2019 23:35
 Hello Sturm78 ;

This .303 Vickers ‘K’ was a camera gun version used solely for training

Fleet Air Arm gunners are targeting in this shot a Spitfire ! Watch out RAF !
Interservice rivalry no doubt... :D
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