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| Bore |
0.30" 7.62 mm |
| Ammunition
type |
AP or incendiary |
|
Weight of projectile |
0.38 ounce 10.9 gram |
|
Velocity |
2770 feet per second 845 meters per second |
| Rate of fire | 950 rounds per minute |
| Gun weight |
20 lbs 9 kg |
The Vickers K (also known as the GO or VGO) was a gas-operated light
machine gun fed from a 100-round double-row pan magazine. It was based
on the Vickers-Berthier infantry
machine gun and replaced the venerable Lewis of the First World
War. It was used only in flexible mounts, a fixed version proving
unsuccessful. Its rate of fire was inferior
to that of the 0.303
Browning, which was used as a fixed gun in British aircraft.
The Vickers 0.303 Mark 5, which was used only on the Wirraway, likely closely resembled the K gun.
References
Williams and
Gustin (2003)
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