The Vickers was a water-cooled gun with a range of 4,500 yards (4,100m) which was adopted by the British Army as its standard machine gun in 1912. It could fire up to 500 rounds per minute.

Gun expert Robert Tilney was excited to find a Vickers machine gun from 1917 A man who bought a World War One machine gun 20 years ago for £1,000 has been told it is now worthless by BBC Antiques ...