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Old 24-12-08, 02:01
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Originally Posted by Stewart Loy View Post
Here is a picture of the ammo can. I cannot figure out why it is white - must have been for an 'inside job'.


Stewart
Stewart;

white ammo tins appear in other photos, example below:

Source: Imperial War Museum
Reference Number: B 5185
Photographer: Mapham J (Sgt)
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944
Collection No.: 4700-29
Description: Men of the Staffordshire Yeomanry crowd in and around a universal carrier for a portrait, 7 June 1944. The vehicle is equipped with a .50-inch Browning machine gun, 7 June 1944.
Period:Second World War
Name:  B_005185.jpg
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