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File:Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks.jpg

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English: British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The gunner is wearing a padded waistcoat, enabling him to carry the machine gun barrel. See Image:Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks rear view.jpg for an alternate view of this crew.
Date July 1916
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IWMLondonThumbnail.jpg This is photograph Q 3995 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
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File change date and time 16:25, 7 April 2005
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