Like Steve, I don't know about the original application. My own 11/44 project pile has
the slide out and rotate style of slides, to the extent that it has any slides at all.
When I need gas struts and cannot identify a source for exact original replacements, I
usually look at McMaster-Carr first:
https://www.mcmaster.com/gas-struts/
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