Is the Vickers Machine Gun in the Game Enlisted?:
A. If it isn’t, should it be?
B. If it is, what Squad do I need to play as to use the Vickers Machine Gun
It’s not, and if it was it would be a buildable MG most likely. Also Vickers was a company (last time I checked) so they have multiple MGs. Some are in the game, some aren’t, so please specify which Vickers MG
Please, I beg you, don’t touch British weaponry or vehicles with your AI posts.
Due to forum rules it is now no longer permitted to make diplicate topics. I don’t want to ruin the chances for new additions to my favourite subfaction because of AI post spam.
Please leave the topic of British gear in more capable hands, with people passionate enough to write about it themselves. Like myself…
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What about me? 
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I have no problems with you making suggestions, I just have a problem with low effort AI posts.
You’ll likely consult me anyway when making one. 
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That’s the Vickers K gun, or “Vickers Gas Operated”.
When people say “the Vickers”, they usually mean this thing:
It was in the British Army until 1968, when it was replaced tacticly by (believe it or not) light mortars. By that point the MG was used for indirect fire more than anything.
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It was replaced by the FN MAG, not mortars.
The MAG (L7) served as both squad automatic weapon and also as the sustained fire MG on a tripod with a specialised platoon within the infantry battalion - although the L4 (Bren in 7.62mm NATO) was retained as the squad weapon in some roles - eg in the far east where no MMG was required.
When I joined up in the late 1970’s in the NZ army we were drilled on both the L4 and L7 - but never actually used the L4 - I think it was retained “just in case” it ever needed in some specialised roles.
For us the sustained fire role was the secondary function of the support company recce platoon - each detachment of 4 men would field 1, for a total of 4 - although the det’s didn’t carry them at all when in the recce role - they sat back at platoon HQ.
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Noticed how I said “tacticly”?
I’ll let you figure everything else out on your own.
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Sorry you didn’t comprehend my reply - “Tactically” the roles of indirect fire from MG’s was taken up by the MAG in the indirect fire role - that was my last role in the army.
Mortars retained the roles they had always had since introduced to the infantry battalion.
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Alright, you seem to be fully missunderstanding what I was trying to say in my original reply.
The Vickers MG was used not only in direct, sustained fire roles, but also for indirect fire, targets that couldn’t even be seen with the naked eye.
This style of usage only became more and more prominent as time went on, especially after WW2, other more mobile (and modern) equipment were increasingly being used over the Vickers in direct fire roles. By the Korean War, and afterwards, this was the standard.
Now yes, logisticly and orgenizationally, the Vickers remained in the same battalion support role as it had in days past, in still technicly MG designated formations. And, on the books, it was ultimately replaced withing the military structure itself with another MG. But if you take the time to try and understand what I’ve been saying all along, you’ll realize that this was never what I was talking about.
Hope this helps.
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What vickers gun? We have vickers K for allied para squad and multiple vickers machineguns in british tanks
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