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Field Service Pocket Book 1913 War Office V10805.1 1913

Field Service Pocket Book 1913

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 11, Trained Soldiers (All Arms), Exercises in Handling of Weapons, 1955. War Office WO Code No 8930. Named CSM Cowley. V10798.11 19550510

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 11, Trained Soldiers (All Arms), Exercises in Handling of Weapons, 1955.

The Training of an Infantry Company (Second Edition) Major E Kirkpatrick (Gale & Polden Ltd) V10799.1 1914

The Training of an Infantry Company (Second Edition)

Handbook of the Vickers 12.7 mm. (0.5-inch) Automatic Gun (Class D*) M.7. Temporary Edition. Vickers-Armstrongs Limited V10784.7 1928-1938

Handbook of the Vickers 12.7 mm. (0.5-inch) Automatic Gun (Class D*) M.7. Temporary Edition.

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Friday Fonds - 13 February 2026

Our latest batch of archive uploads is now on Patreon. Here are some snippets of the files shared today, including a series of propaganda leaflets that will continue for several weeks.

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 9, Part II, 3.5-inch Rocket Launcher, 1953, amendments written in War Office WO Code No 8774 V10798.5 19530418

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 9, Part II, 3.5-inch Rocket Launcher, 1953, amendments written in

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 2, Fieldcraft (All Arms), 1954, with Amendments No 1 and No 2 pasted in. War Office WO Code No 8890. Unit marked: 47 Coy, R.A.S.C. (A.D.) V10798.8 1954-1961

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 2, Fieldcraft (All Arms), 1954, with Amendments No 1 and No 2 pasted in.

Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 11, Pistol (Modified for Australia), 1943 Australian Military Forces Unit stamped 'MG Company' AT0002.9.10.14 19430301

Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 11, Pistol (Modified for Australia), 1943

Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12, Bayonet, 1937 War Office AT0002.9.10.16 19370301

Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 12, Bayonet, 1937

Interesting books for the Home Guard. We wonder how many survived filled in, let alone blanks like these. We have two examples from 7th North Riding of Yorkshire battalion that record a section’s attendance for 1943 to 1944 and all will be on our archive soon.

Yes, pretty much every gun in action by the end of the war. You’ll spot them in more pics now you’ve spotted one!

YouTube video by Vickers MG Collection & Research Association Muzzle Blast from the Vickers and Bren Machine Guns

It is the blast deflector and flash eliminator introduced about 1940. Some practical demonstration here. youtu.be/SjL5GkAg2fg?...

Another dozen or so items added to the online archive today, including #MachineGunCorps postcards and images. www.patreon.com/posts/150040...

Lieutenant A Slater signed a lot of permits!! These are from our archive and have been scanned today and will be shared on our archive soon. The numbers range from 9688 to 67662 and ALL are signed by the same permit officer. Theres even a CSM’s wife with her own permit and photo!

Drill (All Arms) War Office WO Code No 8510 V10685.2 1951

Drill (All Arms)

RARDE Metric Drawing Office Practice Royal Armaments Research & Development Establishment This publication provides a companion volume to the existing Practice Book, and will be supplemented and/or amended as metric practice develops. V10639.6 19691104

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130), Amendments (No. 1)

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 9, Part I, The Anti-Tank Grenade, No. 94 (Energa), 1953 War Office WO Code No 8773 V10798.6.1 19530420 sub-item Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 9, Part I, The Anti-Tank Grenade, No. 94 (Energa), 1953, Amendments (No. 4), 1958 War Office WO Code No 8773-4 V10798.6.2 19580424

Infantry Training, Volume I, Infantry Platoon Weapons, Pamphlet No. 9, Part I, The Anti-Tank Grenade, No. 94 (Energa), 1953

Handbook of the Vickers 12.7 mm (0.5-inch) Automatic Gun Class “B” for Aircraft Vickers-Armstrongs Limited AM5 V10784.8 1928-1940

Handbook of the Vickers 12.7 mm (0.5-inch) Automatic Gun Class "B" for Aircraft

Our latest Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout video discusses the Bren and how easy it was to strip and clean. Also close ups of our skeletonised Bren. #militaryhistory #notjustvickersmg

Infantry Training, 1911 General Staff, War Office V10636.5 1911

Infantry Training, 1911

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130), Amendments (No. 2) Inspectorate of Armaments, Woolwich (Supersedes PL. 14). V10639.4.1 19650301 8 pp Stapled sheets. Foolscap sheets. English.

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130), Amendments (No.2)

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130), Amendments (No. 1) Inspectorate of Armaments, Woolwich (Supersedes PL. 14). V10639.4.2 19630101 72 pp Stapled sheets. Foolscap sheets. English.

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130), Amendments (No. 1)

BR 641. Handbook and Drill for 0.50 Inch Browning (Colt) Gun on Single Colt Mark VIII and Twin Colt Mark IX Mountings. Admiralty V10518 19420926

BR 641. Handbook and Drill for 0.50 Inch Browning (Colt) Gun on Single Colt Mark VIII and Twin Colt Mark IX Mountings.

Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 2 – Field Defences (All Arms), 1957, Amendments No. 5 War Office WO Code No. 9464-5. MOBAT Emplacement. V10528.6 19610205

Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 2 - Field Defences (All Arms), 1957, Amendments No. 5

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130) Inspectorate of Armaments, Woolwich (Supersedes PL. 14). V10639.4 1963 229 pp String-bound folder. Good condition. Foolscap sheets. English.

Catalogue of Proof Stores: Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition (MP. 130)

Provisional Pamphlet for the 120-mm Battalion Anti-Tank Gun, 1954, Part I – Technical and Battle Handling War Office WO Code 8836. Unit stamped B Coy, 4/6 R. Berks (T.A.), T.A. Centre, Station Approach, Abingdon, Berks. V10530 19540601

Provisional Pamphlet for the 120-mm Battalion Anti-Tank Gun, 1954, Part I - Technical and Battle Handling

Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 2 – Field Defences (All Arms), 1957, Amendments No. 4 War Office WO Code No. 9464-4. Fall-out shelter. V10528.5 19600504

Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 2 - Field Defences (All Arms), 1957, Amendments No. 4

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Our other new archive uploads on the #VickersMG Patreon including Churchill, Crusader, Dingo and Carrier stowage diagrams, and papers for Manchester Regiment, King’s Own Lancasters and a tragic certificate of death for a Far East prisoner of war who died in an air crash on the way home!