Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns Fully labeled with both British

Fully labeled with both British and NATO stock numbers and care instructions

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Original Item: Well-made of canvas and leather

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Shell Mex and British Petroleum Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Russian Machine Guns Fully labeled with both BritishOriginal 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