ammo box ID needed

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Can anyone ID these ammo boxes?

They are said to be of WW2 vintage.

Thanks,
Hanno

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.