Vickers machine gun teams of the Manchester Regiment filmed in action against German AA defences by the River Aller near Rethen, Germany, 1945. Film: IWM A70 299-5 | Imperial War Museum London

Watch the rare sight of 16 vintage Vickers machine gun being fired at the same time. The event was held to commemorate 100 years of the disbandment of the British Army’s Machine Gun Corps. | Forces News

Two Vickers machine-gun detachments belonging to the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiments 'A' company filmed in action on 46th Brigade's front, southeast of the villages of Liesel and Slot near the Canal de Deurne, Holland, 2 November 1944. Film: IWM A70 189-4 | Imperial War Museum London

Factory workers test newly-produced Bren, Vickers and Browning machine guns in this clip from a 1942 episode of 'War Pictorial News'. War Pictorial News was a British newsreel produced by the British government's Ministry of Information during the Second World War. You can find this episode in full on our website: https://bit.ly/48vn5ob Film: IWM WPN 41 | Imperial War Museum London