Newbie to this Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Thanks for posting,would have loved to have been there to see that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) My grandfather was in the MGC transferring from 2nd KOYLI some time after the Somme. They trained at Belton Park in Lincolnshire. We have some ashtrays somewhere. The last British unit equipped with the Vickers was the Royal Marines. He said they'd go out at night in the dark with a Vickers HMG and a map. They set up and the fire a belt at a map reference they'd been given using the dial sight. Then go back to barracks for cocoa and bed. The next morning they'd get up, have breakfast and go and inspect the targets that had been set up at the night before's map reference. My late friend also extolled the virtues of his skill at "slicing" the Vickers in daylight for direct fire but said a fellow Marine was far batter! Essentially you placed empty metal five litre cans irregularly spaced at one hundred yards on the butts and fired one shot then tapped "or "sliced" as he called it the back of the gun to move it to fire at the next can and so on. He said he could do five or six but his friend could do a dozen plus. Edited July 5, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Fantastic stuff. Someone i know was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Horrific to think what those that had to walk towards such things faced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 Well done to Chris and the others who organised it and took part It was all live ammo and they had to put a lot of their own money up to fund it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted July 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 Another video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarepeg Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 That brings back memories, humped one about for 3 years, fired many 1000s of rounds, we were using war surplus ammunition, we fired it or it was dumped at sea. no ear defenders then and started onset of deafness, coal mine did the rest. happy days😊🇬🇧 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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