Original U.S. WWII M3 Colt 1911 .45 Tanker Shoulder Holster by Boyt 40mm BOFORS One of the principal defining

One of the principal defining features of the Belgian/Turkish/Argentine Mauser was its thin sheet steel jacket surrounding the barrel—a rather unusual element not common to any other Mauser mark of note

Franz Joseph I

the weapon fed from FN FAL-type straight box magazines

They deployed during April–July 1927 to Tientsin

Original U.S. WWII M3 Colt 1911 .45 Tanker Shoulder Holster by Boyt 40mm BOFORS One of the principal definingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII issue M3 leather shoulder holster for the Colt M1911 . 45 pistol. Adopted in 1942, this holster was standard issue for aircraft and tank crews, and was often used by officers who preferred it to the hip holster. In combat areas, all sorts of troops found ways to "acquire" handguns and the regulations as to who was and was not permitted to carry them were rarely enforced. Original M3's were