original WW2 style stirrup pumps which when used with a pail of water could direct a continuous jet of water up to 20 feet away on any flaming object
The M1916 design provided excellent protection: Reserve Lieutenant Walter Schulze of 8th Company Reserve Infantry Regiment 76 described his combat introduction to the helmet on the Somme
If a break is present in spite of our inspection
and are very rare
The later Bren featured a distinctive top-mounted curved box magazine
Original British WWI Lewis Gun Mk II Wood Buttstock Assembly Complete Flintlock Muskets and Rifles original WW2 style stirrup pumpsOriginal Item: Very limited availability. When originally issued, the butt stock of the Lewis ground gun consisted only of a wooden stock, a butt plate with screws, and the butt cap with its screw. This was the Mark I. There was no provision for a sling, nor was there an oil bottle. In July, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, the addition of a swivel and oiler was approved, creating the Mark I*. Six months later, in January of 1917, a reinforcing