Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Can by VALOR in Green Dated 1940 Feed Block Assembly The Gun is marked with

The Gun is marked with a hand punched inscription on the forward small top cover directly behind the Water Jacket

The blade measures 9 5/8” overall

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

mounted in a gauntlet hilt measuring almost 50" in overall length

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Can by VALOR in Green Dated 1940 Feed Block Assembly The Gun is marked withOriginal 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