A consolidated list of British ammunition boxes, containers and packaging as published in various official publications.
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part II Pamphlet No. 8 Instructions to guide the operations of securing, sealing and opening lids of ammunition packages (31st January 1934)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 6 Supply of Ammunition in the Field (8th August 1944)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 7 Pamphlet No. 1 An Introductory Survey of Ammunition (17th June 1944)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 7 Pamphlet No. 11 Small Arms Ammunition (24th February 1945)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Volume 2 War Pamphlet 10 (12th September 1951)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Statistics Pamphlet No. 2 Weights and Measurements of Explosives (21st June 1943)
RAOS Vol 2 Pam 10 1951
Where modified or different marks of a container are listed in the source these have been listed separately. Not all containers have links.
Because of forum posting limits it has been necessary to split the Index into various sub lists, listed according to the first letter of the box or container type. eg B.167 is included in the B type box list.
A type boxes
B type boxes
C type boxes
D type boxes
E type boxes
F type boxes
G type boxes
H type boxes
M type boxes
P type boxes
T type Tubes
W type boxes
Boxes
Cases
Cylinders
Abreviations
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part II Pamphlet No. 8 Instructions to guide the operations of securing, sealing and opening lids of ammunition packages (31st January 1934)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 6 Supply of Ammunition in the Field (8th August 1944)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 7 Pamphlet No. 1 An Introductory Survey of Ammunition (17th June 1944)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Part 7 Pamphlet No. 11 Small Arms Ammunition (24th February 1945)
Regulations for Army Ordnance Services Volume 2 War Pamphlet 10 (12th September 1951)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Statistics Pamphlet No. 2 Weights and Measurements of Explosives (21st June 1943)
RAOS Vol 2 Pam 10 1951
Where modified or different marks of a container are listed in the source these have been listed separately. Not all containers have links.
Because of forum posting limits it has been necessary to split the Index into various sub lists, listed according to the first letter of the box or container type. eg B.167 is included in the B type box list.
A type boxes
B type boxes
C type boxes
D type boxes
E type boxes
F type boxes
G type boxes
H type boxes
M type boxes
P type boxes
T type Tubes
W type boxes
Boxes
Cases
Cylinders
Abreviations
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