Original U.S. M61A1 20mm Vulcan Rotary Cannon Barrel Muzzle Clamp as used on F4 Phantom French Gun Magazines where she served as flagship

where she served as flagship for the successive commanders of Naval Forces in Japanese waters until relieved 28 January 1946 by Iowa (BB-61)

to clear the Japanese from its lodgments at Buna and Gona on the northeast coast of New Guinea

The assistant carries a spare barrel and extra ammunition

and were then released near the designated landing area called the Landing Zone' or 'LZ'

Each cuff has a minor snag to the interior side facing the body that is only visible under inspection and not visible when displayed

Original U.S. M61A1 20mm Vulcan Rotary Cannon Barrel Muzzle Clamp as used on F4 Phantom French Gun Magazines where she served as flagshipOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically or pneumatically driven, six barrel, air cooled, electrically fired Gatling style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United States military fixed wing aircraft for fifty years. This includes the fighters that they supply to Allies