Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Vietnam Wood transit chests vary in

Wood transit chests vary in size but each was custom made for the unit

the wearing of a Cutlass was the order of the day when not aboard ship

Here we have found a very few

most are 1950s or 1960s

Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Vietnam Wood transit chests vary inOriginal Item: While the vast majority of Vickers machine gun feed blocks were made of brass, a few were made of steel because of the improved wear characteristics. The manufacture of the steel blocks was discontinued, however, because of the greatly increased time to machine them. Consequently, all steel blocks are hard to find today. IMA has found a few of these steel blocks. The blocks are in good to very good condition.