Re: Mistery .30 M1 ammo box

From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 13:44:43 PST


...or a proctologist.

apb

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From: "SGM PANTANO" <TRUKS1@msn.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mistery .30 M1 ammo box

| The can in question is the US Army machine gun can from "early" WW2.. It
is
| NOT for the Garand..nor does it have anything at all to do with an M1 in
any
| way.
| The early Tanks had brackets to hold this can for the ammo feed
system..the
| little clip assembly on the side was for hanging the can... Simple
| operation..and worked.
| The "Post War" uses of the can were endless. I have had many cans filled
| with MATCH .30 ammo -- in 8 round clips..and the outside of the cans is
| stenciled as such..
| They are not that uncommon..I have ?? about 8 or 10 of them here. The can
| before it was wood....!! This odd can was our first mass produced .30
can.
| There were odd ball .50 metal cans before this...with a canvas carrying
| strap - instead of a metal handle. They opened from the side..not the end.
| Then they went to another metal can with a metal carry handle....opened
from
| the side also. Then they went to the .50 can you all know --which is still
| in production today.. The wooden boxes for the .30 mg's had a leather
| carrying strap.
| Geeeezz..all I know about cans... I should be a plumber.:-)
| Gene
|
|
| > It was a long long time ago, but seems I remember some kind of
| > additional clips you had to
| > add to the amo so that you could push them right into your M1. I'm
| > thinking this
| > little handle had something to do with those, or possibly there was some
| > kind of webbing
| > used with that handle. Also maybe there was some kind of way to clip the
| > whole ammo box
| > on to some kind of equipment like a jeep .
| >
|
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