Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Can by VALOR in Green Dated 1940 Feed Block Assembly History of the Springfield M

History of the Springfield M

The first of four drop zone teams arrived in the vicinity of St

The rifle still retains a high percentage of the original blue color

that had proven extremely reliable during World War I and was still in service

and ammunition in the gun pits was still exploding

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Can by VALOR in Green Dated 1940 Feed Block Assembly History of the Springfield MOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing British War Department markings and a 1940 date. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and are marked as such on the top: W (broad arrow) D 1940 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