Original Japanese WWII 1942 Dated Aluminum Canteen with Named Carrier Napoleonic The K-11 Compensating Gun Sight

The K-11 Compensating Gun Sight was a late war innovation that used the aircraft altitude and speed with the direct correlation of where the weapon was pointed to calculate the reticle

resulting in the very distinctive flat drum magazine

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Norman Skogstad's victory made him an ace in record time

On the front of the jacket is the logo for the 560th Bomb Squadron which is a Warner Brother's Gremlin from The Bugs Bunny cartoon series

Original Japanese WWII 1942 Dated Aluminum Canteen with Named Carrier Napoleonic The K-11 Compensating Gun SightOriginal Item: This is an excellent Japanese WW2 aluminum canteen with wood stopper. The canteen is maker marked and dated 1942 on the bottom and nicely marked with etchings throughout. The web harness also is named (stitches) on the front. Overall a really wonderful wartime issue canteen offered complete and personalized. Ones this nice are very hard to find.