British Lewis LMG Magazine Tool Sharps Rifle WWII OD Green Herringbone Twill

WWII OD Green Herringbone Twill (HBT) cotton construction

giving rise to the satirical regimental motto of "thou shalt not kill

Various things were tried

It was cast from a silicon mold of an original Type 97 in the IMA collection and therefore is not only an accurate 1:1 scale but has all the details of the real thing

the gun has been nicknamed "flatlatch

British Lewis LMG Magazine Tool Sharps Rifle WWII OD Green Herringbone TwillOriginal Item: The Lewis Light Machine Gun (LMG) uses an unusual drum magazine. The entire under side of the magazine is open, and the outer shell of the magazine rotates to feed cartridges into the gun. The central core of the magazine does not rotate but is latched to the receiver. The outer rim of the magazine supports the base of the cartridge, while the cartridge neck is held in position by steel pins. If the outer rim of the magazine becomes