Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns the Mk II sight slide

the Mk II sight slide is very scarce today

The data plate on the bakelite chest housing reads:

but were unable to hold it against increasingly heavy opposition

In 1905 it was converted to SMLE configuration

complete with three pad leather liner and Chin Strap

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns the Mk II sight slideOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing the SM and BP clearly stamped on each side. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and were embossed on the top: PETROLEUM SPIRIT HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE In short order, however, these were adopted by the Machine Gun Corp to be used as water condensing can with the water cooled Vickers Machine Guns. The rapid Machine gun fire led to overheated barrels that