{"product_id":"original-british-wwii-vickers-machine-gun-water-esso-spirit-can-petrol-2-gallons","title":"Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Esso Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing the ESSO logo clearly stamped on each side. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and were embossed with a large ESSO logo on the top and:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eESSO\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETROLEUM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPIRIT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHIGHLY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINFLAMMABLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn short order, however, these were adopted by the Machine Gun Corp to be used as water condensing can with the water-cooled Vickers Machine Guns. The rapid Machine gun fire led to overheated barrels that were then liable to distortion so each gun was fitted with a water jacket as a cooling system. Used not doubt by the Roy Air Force (RAF) original painted RED (and now refreshed).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe water reservoirs were connected by rubber hoses to these condenser cans so that stream would flow out of the jacket and into a partially filled water can condensing and could then to be poured back into the water reservoir and recycled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the start of WW1 Vickers MGs were equipped with canvas water buckets but these were soon found to be unsuitable and these cans soon adopted in their place..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis can in fine condition for being 84 years old is stamped on the bottom:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVALOR 4D\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven comes complete with the original brass cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures 11”x 9.5” x 6”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26172377669,"sku":"ON3251","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/on3251__2.jpg?v=1602785836","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-british-wwii-vickers-machine-gun-water-esso-spirit-can-petrol-2-gallons","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}