{"product_id":"british-vickers-berthier-butt-stocks-exotic-w-recess","title":"British Vickers-Berthier Butt Stocks: Exotic w\/ Recess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Item\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eOne Only!\u003c\/strong\u003e The Vickers-Berthier light machine gun was a very close contender in the interwar trials that led to the adoption of the BREN gun by \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003ccountry-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cplace w:st=\"on\"\u003eGreat Britain\u003c\/place\u003e\u003c\/country-region\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccountry-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cplace w:st=\"on\"\u003eBritain\u003c\/place\u003e\u003c\/country-region\u003e?s colonial Indian Army, however, decided to adopt the V-B rather than wait for the British Army?s BREN gun requirements to be completed.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(Ian V. Hogg, \u003ci\u003eMachine Guns\u003c\/i\u003e, Krauss Publications 2002, pp. 106-107)\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIMA has found \u003cspan style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"\u003ethree\u003c\/span\u003e only butt stock woods for the Vickers-Berthier Mark 3 gun.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese have no metal parts and look as if they were never used, although all are dirty from storage.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV-B stock with recess for brass marking disk (one only)!\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26170360197,"sku":"ON0073","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ON0073.jpg?v=1600784037","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/british-vickers-berthier-butt-stocks-exotic-w-recess","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}