This group of manuals all relate to the management of vehicles that would have been used by the Vickers machine gunners for transport.
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First World War (1914-1919)
Vickers-Clyno Motor Machine Gun Equipment, Mark III
1915, Vickers-Clyno
Coming soon!
Vickers-Clyno Motor Machine Gun Equipments, Mark IV, Parts List
1915, United Kingdom
The parts-list for the Vickers-Clyno motorcycle that was used by the Motor Machine Gun Service and Motor Machine Gun Corps.
Low-resolution PDF download: 6,784 KB
High-resolution available on archive.org thanks to support through Patreon
Inter-War period (1920 to 1939)
Manual of Military Vehicles (I.C. Engined)
1930, War Office
This manual is a comprehensive study of the mechanics of inter-war military vehicles. It covers: motor cycles; touring and light cars; motor buses; motor ambulances; motor vans; lorries – general; 30-cwt. lorries; 3-ton lorries; six-wheeled vehicles; half-track vehicles; dragons; armoured cars; tanks; and, machine gun carriers.
There are lots of commercial sales adverts in the front as well showing the latest lorries and armoured cars available, many of which were armed with the Vickers MG!
Vickers-Carden-Loyd Armoured Machine Gun Carrier: Instructions for Driving & Maintenance
1930s, World Service
The Carden-Loyd was a tankette (light armoured vehicle) that carried the Vickers machine gun and two (or sometimes three) members of the detachment. It was used by the British but also sold around the world.
Low-resolution PDF download: 1,229 KB
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Mechanization
1930s, World Service
A commercial catalogue aimed at Governments around the world who were procuring their defence and military equipment in the 1930s. It includes armoured vehicles, bridges and other land equipment that Vickers were producing at the time.
Low-resolution PDF download: 4,114 KB
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Second World War
Carriers, Machine Gun, No. 1, Mark I, and No. 2, Mark I; Bren, No. 1, Mark I and No. 2, Marks 1 and II; Cavalry, Mark I; and Scout, Mark I – Instruction Book
1939, United Kingdom
This instruction book covers the early machine gun carriers as well as the Bren carrier, cavalry carrier and scout carrier. These were eventually replaced by the Universal carrier. It includes mechanical and operational instructions.
A 1940 version of the book was issued, with Amendments (No. 1) issued on 4 December 1940 and then a reprinted version of it, including the Amendment dated 27th August 1941, as per Army Council Instruction 865 of 1942.
6,788 KB – low resolution PDF download
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Maintenance Manual for Ford Truck 1/4 Ton, 4 x 4, Model GPW
1943, United States of America
The maintenance manual for the US jeep as seen in British services as well. It covers all aspects of the maintenance for it, and much will be applicable to the Willys model as well as the Ford.
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Post-Second World War
Tables of Tools and Equipment for “A” Vehicles – Table No. 16: Carrier Universal No. 2 Mks. I and II, Carrier M.M.G. and Carrier Universal No. 1 Mk. II (Converted)
1947, United Kingdom
Detailed lists of the tools and equipment that were carried on the Universal Carriers, including those fitted for the Vickers machine gun.
JPGs and PDF available to download from Patreon – subscribe to access and support the VMGCRA
Many of our downloads and online manuals are provided free-of-charge for the benefit of anyone that wants to know more about the use of the Vickers Machine Gun and read what the Machine Gunners would have known. We also have a vast amount of archival documents, photographs, postcards and other resources. To help us fund the Charity and the management of this archive we host it on Patreon. This is a subscription service like Ancestry, FindMyPast and other repositories. We have thousands of military history items that may contain information you’re interested in.
It can be accessed from as little as £3 per month.
If you’d prefer to only give on a one-off basis, then go to PayPal or BuyMeACoffee and make a donation there but we are unable to provide access to the archive through those sites.
