Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver British Machine Guns Army's Chemical Corps

Army's Chemical Corps

Each head bears stamped proof marks and acceptance dates but

We have very few of them

which molded into the rifling when the propellant charge drove the projectile into the bore

Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver British Machine Guns Army's Chemical CorpsOriginal Item: Experience in WW 1 taught all the major powers that infantry needed a light machine gun. In Britain, this led to the adoption of the famous Bren LMG. In the trials that led to the adoption of the Bren, an LMG developed by the Vickers company from a Berthier design was a close competitor to the Bren. The British army in India, though an integral part of the army of Great Britain, traditionally exercised considerable independence in