Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Hand Select:No Although introduced sixty years ago

Although introduced sixty years ago (1952)

Sold in uncleaned condition just as we found them in Nepal after 150 years of storage

which can be faint

It had a folding butt stock and had a swiveling carrying handle on the ventilated barrel jacket

but in overall good condition

Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Hand Select:No Although introduced sixty years agoOriginal Item: In the Vickers gun, the gunner holds two wooden spade type hand grips. The wooden grips are installed over two hollow steel tubes designed to function as oil and solvent bottles. The bottles are closed and externally threaded at the bottom to screw into the lower grip support. The lower end is provided with two recesses for a spanner wrench if removal is necessary. The upper end is threaded internally to accept a cap.