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Originally Posted by Radek
Could I ask how was stored the ammo in this wooden boxes? Separately or in boxex?
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Radek, these are not .303 ammunition boxes, but other calibres. The plywood box itself is called a H51 (that should be stamped into the woodwork somewhere), and was used for a wide variety of Small Arms Ammunition.
The first box is for 7.62mm NATO ammn (aka .308 Win, 7.62x51). The rounds were held 5 to a Charger, with 10 chargers in a Bandolier (Written on sides, with pictogram: 5 in Chgr Mk3, in Bdlr Mk3). 7 of these Bandoliers (total of 350 rds) were contained in a soldered tin liner inside. I will post some pics in daylight.
The second box is for 9mm NATO (aka Luger, Parabellum, 9x21). 9mm rounds came in cartons of 20rds, 35rds or 50rds. The 20 and 50rd cartons were WW2 sizes in which the rounds were loose within the carton, while postwar standardised on the 35rd carton which contained card dividers between rounds. This box of yours contained 25 cartons of 35rds for a total of 875 rounds, again in a soldered tin liner.