Hello Kurtis,
I rather think that these boxes are food rations or just another sort of box used for stowage of crew items.
Storage room was always a hot item in a reconaissance regiment as they had to be self-supporting for a couple of days during their missions.
Also, the boxes are marked in a similar way as the Staghounds were, in this case B-Squadron-Headquarters,vehicle #3, which might indicate that these boxes had to remain with that vehicle.
The Canadian made .30 ammo boxes look very different from the ones on the Blankenberge photo.
I have a Canadian .30 cal box in its original color. I'll post a photo from it as soon as possible, I have it stored somewhere else.
Best regards,
Marco
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Staghound F215633, 12th Troop "Sergeants Car" XII Manitoba Dragoons
Last edited by marco; 18-03-06 at 17:30.
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