Can someone identify this case?

[tankbarrell]

If you mean the box just behind the bumper, that's an ammo box. Probably a B166.

[Dianaa]

Thanks Tankbarrel

I thought it was an ammo box but was not sure which one, most I've seen seem shorter and wider.

What era and calibre would the B166 be?

Diana

[tankbarrell]

Hi Diana, I'm not sure it's a B166, the designation is impressed into the lid, but it looks like one. They are a wartime box used for 3" mortar bombs, PIAT bombs and grenades.

The B indicates bombs. C boxes are for cartridges, P boxes are for projectiles etc.

[Dianaa]

Thanks Adrian

There is soo many things to learn when you've never studied stuff before the Korean War era and Land Rover 80".

[motto (RIP)]

What a box was used for not only depends on its dimensions but on its internal partitioning or mount brackets if any. The one on the front of the Jeep appears to be externally similar to what was fitted out here for transporting 25pdr shell cases- eight to a box.

David

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Dianaa

Thanks Adrian

There is soo many things to learn when you've never studied stuff before the Korean War era and Land Rover 80".

Diana,

Take a look at this link, to confirm what Adrian has posted, pressings and general size about right ;
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/27495-B.166

regards, Richard

[Mike Cecil]

Pretty sure it is not a 25-pdr cartridge box: no circular impressions in the lid (one per cart case - 8 impressions), also appears too tall and not quite wide enough. Suggest its PIAT, as per a previous post.

Mike C

[motto (RIP)]

You're right Mike. I thought of the lid difference later. Dimensions are a little harder to ascertain from a photo.

I removed all the lids and partitions from the hundred or so boxes I bought from Plums in Benalla many years ago for $2 each. I used them on their side for shelving leaving only a couple of the best ones intact. I guess that makes me some sort of a vandal.

David