Wooden Military ammo boxes

[diopter]

Anyone here have a collection?

 

[dakotamar]

have a bunch of 7.62x39 and x25, not so much that i am collecting them, they still have ammo in them. I do have an empty one in the garage that I keep the used clips in.

 

[bearhunter]

I've been slowly selling/trading mine off. Down to about ten. I used to keep a sample from each pallet of surplus ammo I picked up. The days of 100 crates/pallet for $1000 are long gone.

 

[diopter]

Have a couple of these. Interesting lid locking system.

 

[bearhunter]

Post war German. Might even be East German.

Kirstenfabrik is the name of the box maker, the rest is likely the address

 

[diopter]

Switzerland actually. Not surprising considering it had GP11 in it originally.


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[Mk VII]

Need to make a lid for this one.

 

[steamy teabag]

I have a few. One holds a cache of 5 bottles of my favorite rum.

 

[bearhunter]

Switzerland actually. Not surprising considering it had GP11 in it originally.


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That would make perfect sense. I have an identical box, other than it's a different color, olive drab, and it's ex German, but for their 7.62Nato.

 

[purple]

Ammo boxes should never require opening by a tool of any sort. Hands only please.

 

[woodchopper]

Ammo boxes should never require opening by a tool of any sort. Hands only please.

well when all fails use a shovel

 

[DOOK]

I've got a neet old oak ammo box that utilizes dovetail joints.
WWI, I believe. I'll rustle up some pics.

 

[bearhunter]

Ammo boxes should never require opening by a tool of any sort. Hands only please.

You don't need a tool to open these. The nuts are only on just tight enough to keep the lids on. I had a pallet of Hirtenberger 7.62 Nato in identical boxes. The ammo was packaged in sealed vinyl

sleeves, just like they were in the later plastic crates.

 

[Mk VII]

Ammo boxes should never require opening by a tool of any sort. Hands only please.

Hurry up, the Zulu's are coming.

 

[purple]

Hurry up, the Zulu's are coming.

A lesson learned the hard way.

 

[woodchopper]

A lesson learned the hard way.

well at that point the hell with the shovel and go straight to smashing the crates with rifle butts.

well as long as the RSM approves.

 

[purple]

Interestingly, the German made 105mm tank ammo came 2 rds in a steel case that needed a large Allen wrench to open. Folks always wanted to have one of them handy.

 

[bearhunter]

well at that point the hell with the shovel and go straight to smashing the crates with rifle butts.

well as long as the RSM approves.

Sadly, the crate I have from that time period had a steel liner in it that was hermetically sealed and needed a special "key" to peel it back. Later boxes still had the same liner but had an "O" ring attached to the corner of the sealed lid. All of this hidden by a wooden crate.