The Vickers was a water-cooled gun with a range of 4,500 yards (4,100m) which was adopted by the British Army as its standard machine gun in 1912. It could fire up to 500 rounds per minute.
A pistol, rifle and deactivated World War One machine gun have been stolen or lost from Ministry of Defence facilities in the past two years. Figures also show that more than 700 phones ...
British troops have test-fired the UK’s first-ever laser gun attached to a fighting vehicle, aimed at smashing enemy drones out of the sky. The high-energy weapon, fired by the British Army from ...
A ray gun that uses high-frequency radio waves to take out enemy drones and costs just 10p to fire has been successfully trialled by the British Army. The radio frequency-directed energy weapon ...
The regiment’s three gun batteries are equipped with the Archer, and 19 Rgt RA makes up the majority of the 250 British Army troops in Finland, with soldiers from 5 Rgt RA operating the Taipan ...