These mittens would be used to handle machine gun barrels while changing from an overheated barrel for a new one during prolonged firing.

These particular ones were to be used with the American m1919a6 .30 caliber machine gun.

  • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
    23•4 months ago

    Saw a pilot put them on once during a walk-around on a particularly cold morning in CVG.

    Ah, the great emergency of being slightly chilly.