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Found an old ammunition box I think..

  • 30-01-2020 3:04pm
    #1
    deise08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭


    Hey just looking at how to start finding out about an old box found in the grandparents house.
    I presume it's from ww2.
    It's a wooden box
    Inside it has printed
    Saddles rocket a/C no.3
    Ref 12N/18

    On the outside base it has stamped
    M208
    1 C.I.L
    1945

    Hopefully somebody could help shed some light please.


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  • #2
    deise08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Here it is holding a less valuable cargo than what it was made for.


  • #3
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    I think it might be an ammo box for the Lee Enfield No3 Mk1, but I am not 100% sure on that.


  • #4
    deise08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Esperanza Hallowed Painter wrote: »
    I think it might be an ammo box for the Lee Enfield No3 Mk1, but I am not 100% sure on that.

    That's brilliant.. Thank you.
    At least now I can put a ' face' to what it was used for now.


  • #5
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Not if it has "saddles, rocket,A/c" on it. Nothing to do with rifles at all. "a/c" stands for aircraft and rocket saddles were launch rails for under the wings of fighters like the Typhoon or Hurricane, although by 1945, the Typhoon was the premier ground attack aircraft. "Ref. 12N/18" probably means the technical document dealing with it. M208 is probably the Lot or Batch number and 1 C.I.L. is probably the identity of a Unit. Each aircraft had eight of these bolted under the wings, to which a 25 or 60 pound rocket was attached.


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