Ammo boxes
 

Still sorting through piles to clear out to make space for my new Acquisition.
5 ammo boxes ,all the same.3 are unissued,2 used.

£45 Each plus postage.

Rob................rnixartillery.

Rob, did you ever establish exactly what they were for? APCBC perhaps?

Anyway, I'll take one please.

Regards,

Adrian

Rob
Just replied on HMVF site
I will take them all please if it's possible, (maybe one short then! :))
Have you a good price Inc carriage to North West please?

It looks like I've missed out on these, but if any remain I'd like one or two! These boxes are right for 20 pounder shells.

Rob
hope you got my messages. My mail keeps kicking my messages back at me, tried get you on all sites.
Take all please
Cheers

All
I have 2 of these same boxes - v good condition - C320 and both wartime dates. Brown paint but no stencilling.
If there are people out there who still want/need one/two of these once Rob has sold his, then I'd be happy to sell at the same price plus postage.
They are surplus to requirements for me !
Rob

Hi Rob,


Pm sent :)

Hello Rob,

Not sure if Lauren wants both boxes, but I would be interested in one if it's available.

Many thanks,

Eddie.

Are you sure Lauren? I thought 20 pdr all came in the airtight cylinders. Clearly the C320 wasn't designed for 20 pdr, it's a wartime box.

All Sold.

Rob.........................rnixartillery.

I'm pretty certain, but I cant find the reference at the moment. I picked up one of the boxes a while back when I found it.

It is, as you say, reused from previous uses (6-pr?) though.

17-Pdr Ammunition
 

Two cartridges were shipped in Box C-274 (Wooden).

17-Pdr Ammunition - Further Information
 

C-274 Wooden Box with packing pieces held 2 x rounds H.E.
C-288 Steel Box held 2 x rounds A.P., A.P.C., A.P.D.S. Practice Shot or H.E. each in No. 86 Containers
C-310 Wooden Box with packing pieces held 2 x rounds H.E. or A.P.C.B.C.
C-317 Steel Box held 2 x rounds A.P.C.B.C. each in No. 213 Containers
C-219A Steel Box held 5 x blank or clearing cartridges each in No. 202 Containers

All of the references I can find at the moment say C339 Mk1 cylidrical for 20 pounder. That said, I've just matched up and the C320 box is an exact fit for a 20 pounder APDS mk2 drill round.

This is now going to drive me nuts trying to remember where I read it before buying the box that I've already got.

Yes, that's the cylinder I have and all my references state packed singly in a container.

I suspect C320 got used for various things but it must have been introduced for something specific. As it's clearly almost identical to a C263, other than length, I thought 6 pdr APCBC but that round will fit in a standard C263 so who knows!

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Unfortunately the picture is not the best quality, but the ammunition tins on the bonnet of this 6pdr jeep appear to be the same as Rob's.

As far as I'm aware the 6pdr tins were the only ones to have the undulating line on the side.

Regards,

Eddie.

Those are likely C263 for AP or C263A for HE. The C320 looks the same with the same wavy rib but there is no mention of them in the 6 pdr literature I have.

C320 has a different wavy line from the photo - note two bumps up where the one in the photo has two bumps down (like the C263 as Adrian says)