Original British WWII Wood Gas Rattle with Makers Marking Dated 1945 Royal Air Force 1968 VA-51 made its first

1968 VA-51 made its first Vietnam combat deployment with the Intruder aboard the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) with Carrier Air Wing 15

feed block

The right side of the frame is marked

Each nut manufactured with tightening arms

The gun was also supplied with a basic cleaning kit issued in various forms for all Russian/Soviet small arms excepting pistols and revolvers

Original British WWII Wood Gas Rattle with Makers Marking Dated 1945 Royal Air Force 1968 VA-51 made its firstOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1945 after the German collapse at the Battle of the Bulge and being in full retreat from the Red Army in the east there was serious concern that AH in his final madness might resort to poison gas as a last ditch measure. The writing was on the wall for the NSDAP elite and frankly nobody felt there was any hope of them surrendering in any honorable fashion so all contingences had to be allowed for. Gas Masks had