Vickers "K" Gun Pouches (Stores # A5/AE 0220/ 1st Pattern ) These are the special drum magazine pouch design, for the ground based versions of the Vickers K GO aircraft machine gun, which was an inter war designed .303 calibre machine gun with a very high cyclic rate of fire 800-1200 depending on model, due to a large stock of these weapons being available form Egyptian stores, it was decided that they could be converted for a number of ground based roles, including use as a vehicular and squads light support weapon. Thus the Vickers "K Gun" was used by elements of the SAS, the Parachute regiment and the Army commando units, for assault operations of D-Day, and was the only land based weapon which even came closed to matching the MG 42's high rate of fire. These pouches were designed to carry the "K Gun's" drum magazines with each pouch capable of carrying up to two drum magazine's, however in the normal British army manor, the amount of ammo carried by each man was restricted due to the weapons high rate of fire. These pouches are not in fact a 37 pattern item as they are specifically deigned to carry K Gun magazines so as a result they have an Army stores coded of 0220 which covers Assault and Commando Special Equipment in section A5/AE of the regulations. The pouches are the first pattern type as used on D-Day, and include an integral harness to support the drum magazine due to there weight, plus they also have extra loops stitched to the fixed harness so they can except the standard Cross straps to further spread the load. The pouches are constructed along the lines of normal 37 Pattern webbing but with all production being of 1944 manufacture they use a mixture of Brass and late WWII economy style Sheradised metal fittings. These are very rare due to there specific purpose and so stocks are limited. £80.00 (Per Set) SORRY OUT OF STOCK!    WWII P37 Early Sleeve Water Bottle Cover (Short Type) These are un-issued 1st Contract, second pattern British 1937 Webbing Water bottle cradles which are made from a sleeve of canvas as opposed to the first pattern which is a harness constructed from 1 inch strap webbing, they differ from latter models in that the webbing canvas bucket or sleeve is shorter (1- 1/2) than the prescribed width denoted for this item, the reason was simple it allowed the smaller manufacturers to use up existing stocks of webbing before switching to the correct type, these are a rare find in un-issued condition as they were only made by a few W. D. suppliers at the start of the production run, larger companies such as MECo, and M.W.& S did not make any of there covers in this style. These covers are all British made, are un-issued, wartime dated most are from 1941, and have not been Blancoed, however they have been in long term storage since WWII, and so have some slight storage marks etc, again these are very rare and I’ve only got a few left. £7.50 (Each) Please NOTE The standard size is not for sale.  WWII P37 Valise Straps  (un-issued ) These are the standard 1 inch straps issued with both the large and small pack, I have many different makers in stock, most are mint all are un-issued some have slight storage damage and manufacturers inked marking . Please note these are sold as pairs. £6.00 (Per Pair)