Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns In 1905 it was converted

In 1905 it was converted to SMLE configuration

Original Item: The extractor levers are positioned on the sides of the lock casing

complete with three pad leather liner and Chin Strap

The data plate on the bakelite chest housing reads:

Another peculiarity of the design is that the spent cases were reinserted in the strip as each round was fired

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns In 1905 it was convertedOriginal 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