Original Vietnam War U.S. Navy Heavy Attack Squadron 2 (VAH-2) "Royal Rampants" Swallowtail Guidon Pennant Water Jacket Assembly The press button bayonet latch

The press button bayonet latch is still functional

ensuring a very steady aim

Each Maxim comes on it's original partly brass (under the paint) very heavy wheeled Soklov mount which itself was replaced in WW1 by a lighter all steel version

however the design of the stock was modified

and when they were looking to update their rifles

Original Vietnam War U.S. Navy Heavy Attack Squadron 2 (VAH-2) "Royal Rampants" Swallowtail Guidon Pennant Water Jacket Assembly The press button bayonet latchOriginal Item: Only One Available. In the United States Military, a guidon is a military standard that company battery troop or platoon sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but more often has a triangular portion removed from the fly (known as "swallow tailed"). This is a very nice Vietnam War guidon for the U. S. Navy