Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar
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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.35 Scimitar was a British single-engine biplane fighter aircraft designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Four Scimitars were produced for the Norwegian Army Air
Vickers machine gun
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The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew, but typically r
A Vickers machine gun mounted on a tripod. This example is at York Castle Museum.
A Vickers machine gun crew in action at the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, September 1917
The cockpit of a Bristol Scout biplane in 1916, showing a Vickers machine gun synchronised to fire through the propeller by an early Vickers-Challenger interrupter gear.
Vickers Mk. II* or III in naval anti-aircraft service during WWII in the Mediterranean