Image: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.


Photo by Lt. J.W. Brooke
Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 3995.

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