{"id":64901,"date":"2021-07-11T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=64901"},"modified":"2021-07-10T09:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:20:26","slug":"history-and-disassembly-of-the-vickers-berthier-mkiii-lmg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/07\/11\/history-and-disassembly-of-the-vickers-berthier-mkiii-lmg\/","title":{"rendered":"History and Disassembly of the Vickers-Berthier MkIII LMG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKxSkNxVVBE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1FtM2hxWDBqV0JPc2loNERUN2tuMDZEZWdMZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttbEIwYkV2TVRWSkxlUGVWbkEtM0E4WjRoSzNyQ2lIQkQya0NiVXp5ZjZVTk9seGlFellEcVljZnh0VW9xcF9FN25NNnhJTW5IT3VyQzJ5bXFNWDBYa01PMW9paV9vb1NrUG9vMThLQzFtdmx5N0t5cw&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Vickers-Berthier was initially designed by Andre Berthier in France prior to World War One. It went through a number of substantial design changes before the war, and was actually ordered in quantity by the United States right at the end of WWI &mdash; but the order was cancelled with the armistice. In the 1920s, Berthier sold the design to the Vickers company in England, which wanted a light machine gun to market alongside its Vickers heavy machine gun. <\/p>\n<p>When the British military decided to replace its Lewis and Hotchkiss light machine guns, the Vickers-Berthier was one of the leading contenders, although in the endurance trials it was edged out by the Czech ZB-33, which would ultimately be adopted as the Bren. However, the Indian Army opted to take the Vickers-Berthier, and it was put into production at the Ishapore Rifle Factory and saw substantial use in World War Two.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, the Vickers-Berthier is a tilting bolt design with a long stroke gas piston. It has a thorough set of covers over the magazine well and ejection port, and a relatively slow rate of fire. The barrel is quick-changeable, and it feeds from top-mounted 30-round magazines, with an aperture type rear sight being offset to the left side of the gun to clear the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Marstar for letting me examine and shoot their Vickers-Berthier! <\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-11-at-09-18-43-History-and-Disassembly-of-the-Vickers-Berthier-MkIII-LMG.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 19 Sep 2017 http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;\u200b The Vickers-Berthier was initially designed by Andre Berthier in France prior to World War One. 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