Vickers K (or GO) as fitted to gun turrets

[Just me]

I am trying to find any information possible on the Vickers K as fitted to gun turrets.

In all cases they removed the rear of the gun (trigger housing etc) and they fitted either an electric or pneumatic firing mechanism and sometimes a gun sight.

I have found no manuals that cover this and only the photo below.

Has anybody got any material on these guns - photos, manuals, training notes that they are willing to share?

 

[reccetrooper]

The “Vickers MG Collecion & Research Association“ might be able to assist. They have a facebook page, and a blog on the internet. Some scanned materials are free, others are available to their Patreon supporters.

Vickers MG Collection & Research Association

To advance the education of the public in the subject of military history and firearms, in particular (but not exclusively) in relation to the Vickers machine gun.

vickersmg.blog

I have seen remotely fired Vickers GO mounted on the wings of a SAS jeep.

 

[Just me]

Many thanks Reccetrooper.

I now know it is the Vickers Gas-Operated No 3 Mk I and how to join that group which is far more than I knew before.

A very merry Christmas (or Bah humbug of your choice) to you and yours

 

[reccetrooper]

I found a photo of remotely fired Vickers GO mounted on the wings of a SAS jeep.

 

[Just me]

Many thanks but that looks like an SAS lash up as that solenoid would be in the middle of the gunners head in a Bristol Mk 1 turret. This is one of the two installations I am trying to find the missing gun data on. The Mk 1E turret had a second VGO mounted vertically to the left of this gun but was otherwise almost identical