Looking in one of my books last night, apparently, there was an experimental lightweight Vickers tripod. It doesn't say if it was a 1 off prototype or if a small batch were made for trails purposes but the photo is credited to the Enfield Pattern Room. It is a very simple affair with tubular steel legs with turned shouldered points fixed to the end to stick into the ground. The top of the legs are attached to a sort of cast Yoke and there 3 angled steel clamp rods at the tops of the legs, on the Yoke part, presumably, to keep the legs in the open position when in use. The thing kind of looks like a giant camera tripod. Looking at it looks as if it would be a relatively easy thing to fabricate in the home workshop. The hardest part to make would be the cast iron Yoke; I think that I would, if I was doing the job, try to make up a welded together representation of it.

It maybe that it was found to be too flimsy in use. Looking at the photo it certainly looks like it. I'll try to remember to sort out the book details for you in a couple of days.