Darkman
Well-Known Member
I picked this small bakelite tube up recently and I think it's a smoke box from a 3.7" AA HE shell.
It's about 2 & 3/4" (70mm) long and 7/8" (22mm) diameter. The lid markings are: SMK, 1 1/4 (1 and a quarter), CH (intertwined), I (Roman numeral 1).
An ammunition handbook I have specifies that some 3.7 smoke boxes were bakelite and these were filled with 1oz, 4 drams (1 and a quarter ounces) of smoke composition.
Can anybody verify that it definitely is a 3.7 smokebox?
Thanks,
Graeme
It's about 2 & 3/4" (70mm) long and 7/8" (22mm) diameter. The lid markings are: SMK, 1 1/4 (1 and a quarter), CH (intertwined), I (Roman numeral 1).
An ammunition handbook I have specifies that some 3.7 smoke boxes were bakelite and these were filled with 1oz, 4 drams (1 and a quarter ounces) of smoke composition.
Can anybody verify that it definitely is a 3.7 smokebox?
Thanks,
Graeme