Vickers Muzzle Attachment Casing, Unissued Accessories Ealing in London

Ealing in London

and the type III

Dates of manufacture vary but all will be pre-1918

308 Winchester) barrel

which carried a needle bayonet

Vickers Muzzle Attachment Casing, Unissued Accessories Ealing in LondonOriginal Item: The Vickers muzzle attachment casing serves as a housing for the muzzle booster assembly. It has a bayonet type mount at the rear for attachment to the muzzle gland and is threaded at the front for the muzzle cone. Close inspection shows that the ports around the casing are carefully machined to direct the flow of the muzzle blast gasses. These are unissued and include the fixing split pin and chain. Some are in the original