U.S. WWII 81mm M1 Mortar Can for HE M43A1- Dated 12/44 U.S. Militaria Vickers took the design of

Vickers took the design of the Maxim gun and improved it

Most are all steel

These bergens

these soon became known as screaming minnes

these were made commercially under contract for the RAF during WW2

U.S. WWII 81mm M1 Mortar Can for HE M43A1- Dated 12/44 U.S. Militaria Vickers took the design ofOriginal Item: Dated December 1944, during the Battle of the Buldge, these cans each held four Mortars and were crucial to U. S. troops that were pinned down in the forest of Ardennes. Condition of each can is good to very good, minor surface rust and paint imperfections should be expected. Each will come as found and will be dirty, we cleaned the photographed example, and the stenciling will vary but each is marked 12 44. Very few available, get them