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IWM caption : "Crew members aboard the destroyer HMS VANITY manning the 0.5 inch Vickers water-cooled machine gun in quadruple Mark III mounting".


Comment : note how ammunition drums for top and third gun are on right, drums for second and bottom gun are on left.
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This photograph A 1249 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
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current20:58, 28 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:58, 28 November 2011800 × 609 (82 KB)Rcbutcherreplaced with new higher-resolution version from IWM
00:34, 24 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 00:34, 24 August 2009300 × 225 (17 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description=IWM caption : "Crew members aboard the destroyer HMS VANITY manning the 0.5 inch Vickers water-cooled machine gun in quadruple Mark III mounting". <br>Comment : now how ammunition drums for top an

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