bdft
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Why is it that 303 Mk 7 Ball ammo was issued in 48 round boxes in WW2 when all the rifles and light MGs had 10, 20 or 30 round mags? I can't, for the life of me, figure out why they would do that.
Bureaucracy never changes.
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Wasn't the Lewis pan 48 rounds? I've never seen 10 and 20 round LMG mags. The Bren mags were 30 rounders, but they only loaded 28 for reliable functioning. The SAA for rifles was usually in ten round packets.
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packs of 6x8 with the points alternating must of fit some box
like 9mm Nato, untill very recently came in boxes 64 (8x8)
all that airspace in the boxes is wasted space.
like 9mm Nato, untill very recently came in boxes 64 (8x8)
all that airspace in the boxes is wasted space.
We still get 9mm IVI ball in 64 round boxes, because the Sten and Sterling both had 32 round mags IIRC. Though I believe our C1 SMG (our Sterling variant) had 30 rounders... which makes it an even slower bureaucracy.
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Not suprising considering this is a rimmed round. Lots easier to stach .30-06 ontop of one another because the cases are much straighter and no rims to worry about.
Woodchopper is right. Its about trying to get lots of ammo into a small case.
Here is a pic of sime 1943 Mk VII ammo.
Woodchopper is right. Its about trying to get lots of ammo into a small case.
Here is a pic of sime 1943 Mk VII ammo.
Shelldrake
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Nope, it is still IVI.
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20years with the last 16 as a Log officer I think I'm starting to understand how things work
then there was the movements course.. Let me tell you loading tanks and trucks on trains and ships is an adventure, like the tetris game everything fits if you put it in the right way. but a tank wil always put a big dent in a turck if you don't
...for the same reason that WWII rations were for 8 men, but issued to 10 man sections.
Go figure.
