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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Can anyone ID these ammo boxes?
They are said to be of WW2 vintage.
Thanks,
Hanno
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Hanno,
A better view of them might help, but I think, from their size, that they are .303" ammo boxes. These contained two wooden boxes if memory serves me, and within the wooden box was a tin box with a soldered rip-off lid. This would contain either bandoliers with 5 cartridges to a clip or cardboard boxes of ammo.
Years ago, I used to go with my late father, target shooting at Bisley and other ranges, and many is the time I have had to unpack these and used to get the bandoliers as they were usually thrown away.
Had another look and think I can make out the wording on one box as "Tracer L5A1", which is 7.62mm. I think these are the same boxes as used for .303", so the dates on the boxes will tell.