McVickers
McVickers
@mcvickers
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Joined: Apr 23, 2007
Last seen: Nov 7, 2023
Topics: 156 / Replies: 4496
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RE: Uses for an M14...

an AEG SMLE or No.4?

19 years ago
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RE: Quartermasters Stores - Your kit queries here.

So how are you wearing your gas mask pouch? Try as I mentioned in my original post and have either with the shoulder straps shortened or affixed to ...

19 years ago
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RE: Quartermasters Stores - Your kit queries here.

Ah, ok. I wore my small pack on the left, as in photos I'd seen. I'll try it the other way around. Cheers. No, that's correct! Small pack on left,...

19 years ago
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RE: Quartermasters Stores - Your kit queries here.

Well, I wore my Brit Airbourne kit for the first time today, at an open day. Heh, met Tyler-D and friend, quite by chance! Anyway, I decided to w...

19 years ago
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RE: BB Feed Tube??

Hey B & A! The long feed tube I used in my Vickers is a length of the 8mm internal dia. ally tubing they sell at B&Q and large Homebases. To...

19 years ago
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RE: M1A1 Carbine stock

Barrel length on that is tiny! Hehe, it's not too short - It's about the length of a G3 Shorty/MC51. G3SAS or MP5K, now that's tiny!

19 years ago
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RE: Thompson pouches?

There were special sets of 08 webbing made for Lewis gun teams that had four circular pouches for carrying Lewis mags. They have two on the front and ...

19 years ago
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RE: Maxim 1910

Here you go. It's of an aircraft version, but the dimensions are pretty much the same, just don't bother about the air vents or the extra long handle!...

19 years ago
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RE: Maxim 1910

Sorry, forgot to say, the Vickers - being an optimised, and vastly improved version of the original maxims- share the same main dimentions as the Maxi...

19 years ago
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RE: Maxim 1910

You can borrow my Vickers and mount it on a trolly!

19 years ago
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RE: Photos from Normandy

Hehe , the one time I thought I could get away with carrying the Vickers in a very unrealistic one-handed under-slung fashion, the camera had to be po...

19 years ago
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