Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Experimental SPIW Special Purpose Individual Weapon Rifle Magazine - Very Rare Russian Flags and the 191st stayed on

and the 191st stayed on their ships while Headquarter Company set up operations on shore

on the top by the handle

There is no pistol ejection strap

as mentioned above

Nicely ink stamped on interior lining:

Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Experimental SPIW Special Purpose Individual Weapon Rifle Magazine - Very Rare Russian Flags and the 191st stayed onOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) was a long running United States Army program to develop, in part, a flechette firing "rifle", though other concepts were also involved. The concepts continued to be tested under the Future Rifle Program and again in the 1980s under the Advanced Combat Rifle program, but neither program resulted in a system useful enough to warrant replacing the M16. This is an extremely