British Vickers MMG Rear Sight Assembly & Range Scale: MKIV (type 3) Caps & Hats Original Item: In another military

Original Item: In another military antiques coup

As a defensive ring mounted gun the Schwarzlose usually retained its normal twin firing handles and trigger button although some MG-16 aircraft guns were fitted with enlarged pistol shaped handles and a handgun style trigger

minus the receiver

one of Great Britain's longest in existence

Each measures approximately 14

British Vickers MMG Rear Sight Assembly & Range Scale: MKIV (type 3) Caps & Hats Original Item: In another militaryOriginal Item: As with any long serving military arm, design changes will occur over time, especially as the methods of use of the weapon change. The British Vickers Mk I Medium Machine Gun served for over 50 years in environments as different as the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War to the jungles of Southeast Asia and the deserts of North Africa in the Second World War. The basic design of the gun was so sound from the beginning