Original U.S. WWII Hercules Forge Company Hunting Knife with Style Molded Plastic Grip & Leather Sheath - aka Vietnam Delta Knife Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The SCR-578 and its accessories

The SCR-578 and its accessories were bright yellow-orange in color and the unit would float if placed in the water

Unfortunately the tag where the Regiment marking would be has long since been missing

It still retains a good amount of the original blued finish

the majority as remounts for the British Army in India (as was the case with this horse) and two thousand were cast for age or infirmity

The mid war issue galvanized steel liner band is marked on the left outer side with 64 nA / 57

Original U.S. WWII Hercules Forge Company Hunting Knife with Style Molded Plastic Grip & Leather Sheath - aka Vietnam Delta Knife Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The SCR-578 and its accessoriesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This style knife is identified (incorrectly) in the book Knives of the United States Military in Vietnam: 1961 1975 on page 134 as a DELTA Knife. However, many believe this is an incorrect identification and that thi knife is actually a World War Two era produced Hercules Forge Company Hunting Knife. A copy of the original circular from Hercules shows a drawing of this type of knife with the following information: