Vickers Mk.I Machine gun 英国维克斯Mk.I马克沁重机枪

[b]=Vickers Mk.I Machine gun=

=英国维克斯Mk.I马克沁重机枪=

Reaplaces M2 HMG 替换M2重机枪

内含： W模

Feature: W model [b]

[b]British army used Maxim machine guns since the last decade of the 19th century, and kept these in stocks until about 1928. However, as early as in 1911 Vickers Company designed an improved machine gun, which stayed in first-line British service for more than fifty years. This was the famous .303 caliber Vickers machine gun. In its basic design it was the same Maxim gun, although it was considerably lightened. The key to lower weight of the Vickers gun was an inverted toggle-lock, which broke upwards instead of original downward direction of Maxim guns.This permitted for more compact receiver. A number of minor other changes was also made, and the British army officially adopted Vickers Mark I gun in 1912. This was an excellent weapon, extremely durable and capable of tremendous amount of firepower. With proper handling, it could sustain a rate of fire of 10 thousands rounds per hour, an do that for hours, if not days, providing a necessary supply of belted ammunition, spare barrels (barrels were changed after each 10 000 rounds) and cooling water. In fact, it was not unusual for many Vickers guns to fire as much as 100 000 rounds during just one of many continuous battles of the World War one. These guns were heavy, but this was less of a problem during stationary defensive battles in trenches of WW1; what was more important, these guns were reliable and durable, and troops had a great confidence in their Vickers guns.Without much changes, Vickers machine guns survived through 1920s and 1930s and again were used with great effect during the World War two.In fact, Vickers machine guns were among the longest-living 'first generation' machine guns, as these were declared obsolete by British Army only in late 1960s. Royal Marines, who knew how to use good guns,despite of age, kept some Vickers guns in stock as late as 1980s.Finally, it was replaced by the lighter and much more modern (although less potent in terms of sustained firepower) L7 / FN MAG GPMG.

维克斯机枪的前身是1882年面世的马克沁机枪，经过略为改动后在英国克雷福德的一家兵工厂进行生产，这家厂就是后来大名鼎鼎的维克斯－马克沁联合公司的前身。艾伯特· 维克斯负责对原来的马克沁机枪的修改方案，主要是反转了闭锁机构，使得重量减轻并便于大量生产，最终在1912年定型生产，也有人将其称为维克斯－马克沁机枪。[b]

[b]该模型所有权为EA DICE所有，武器移植工作由本人进行，禁止在未经本人许可的情况下反编译提取或转载，否则本人将直接追究责任！[b]