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    The Vickers .5 inch machine gun (officially "Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-in") also known as the Vickers .50 was a large-calibre British automatic weapon...
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    The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...
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    Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960...
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    The 50 State quarters (authorized by Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 105–124 (text) (PDF), 111 Stat. 2534, enacted December 1, 1997) was a series...
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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    Yvette Vickers (born Yvette Iola Vedder; August 26, 1928 – c. 2010) was an American actress, pin-up model and singer. Vickers was born in Kansas City,...
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  • rifle – 5.45×39mm) Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Machine guns Vickers_.50_machine_gun Vickers_machine_gun Vickers_K_machine_gun Vickers K (United Kingdom –...
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    heavy machine gun, either a .303 (7.7 mm) calibre Vickers machine gun or the larger (12.7 mm) Vickers .50 machine gun. Designed for quick delivery as well...
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    The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure...
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    The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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    of a Vickers .50 inch (12.7 mm) machine gun in the turret and a co-axial .303 inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun. The Ia model replaced the Vickers with...
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    2024: ST Engineering debuts Ultimax 100 Mk 9 light machine gun". 19 February 2024. The .5" Vickers Guns and Ammunition Common Close Support Weapon (CCSW)...
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  • The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mark 7 was a main battle tank developed on the basis of a joint venture between Vickers Defence Systems in the United Kingdom...
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  • Express to accept a .582 in (14.8 mm) bullet. The .50 British ammunition used in the Vickers .50 machine gun was initially a necked-down .600 NE. In...
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    The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though...
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    The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export. The design makes...
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  • The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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  • PMADS Zıpkın PMADS KORKUT HİSAR A+ HİSAR O+ SIPER S-400 Sungur MANPAD Vickers .50 machine gun 20 mm Polsten QF 2 pounder naval gun QF 3.7 inch AA gun 4...
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  • Metropolitan-Vickers, then merging the remaining bulk of the original business with Armstrong Whitworth to form Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vickers name resurfaced...
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    4-inch anti-aircraft guns on her quarterdeck, as well as three quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mounts; one of these was on each side of her hull and the...
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  • (12.0 in) BL 12 inch Mk X Vickers 45-caliber  United Kingdom World War I 305 mm (12.0 in) BL 12 inch Mk XI & XII Vickers 50-caliber  United Kingdom World...
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    The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
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    with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
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    torpedo tubes Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Two 0.303 in Vickers K machine guns (optionally two Vickers .50 machine guns) Crew: 13 Type II Length 73 ft (22 m)...
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    Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed to Specification B.1/35, the Vickers Warwick, was developed in parallel...
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    The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk. 3 is a main battle tank by Vickers, a development of the Vickers MBT, and introduced in 1975 for the export market. It...
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  • machine gun with the Commandos. Vickers machine gun – standard medium machine gun of the British Army since 1912. Vickers. 50|400x400px – used as a mounted...
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    2-pounder "pom-pom" guns in two eight-barrel mountings, and two quadruple Vickers .50 machine guns. She also mounted six Mk IV 21-inch torpedo tubes in two...
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    The Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vanguard...
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    The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World...
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