7.62 machine gun belt

[celica]

Hi does anyone know the correct packing procedure for 200rd machine gun belts into an ammo box.

Thanks Nathan

 

[smle2009]

Hi Nathan,
if it's the 7.62 nato into a H84 you simply 'layer' the belt into the box,however you should have four plastic packing pieces,two square and two oblong(usually white),the two square plastic parts fit to the inside sides of the can,one oblong in the bottom of the can,then the other oblong(which should have a hole in it to help removal) on top of the rounds.

Tony

 

[celica]

Yeah thats the one, i got a box with loads of plastic pieces in and wondered where they went. Thanks Tony
Nathan

 

[pointblank0]

Yeah thats the one, i got a box with loads of plastic pieces in and wondered where they went. Thanks Tony
Nathan

Celica, give us a picture of your loaded tin and the parts before loading please?

Thanks

Rob

 

[celica]

Here's some pictures of my ammo box and rounds. there's two boxes of 200rds plus another empty 200 cases and links. Plus loads of spare plastic packing pieces.

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

In ammo depots we had a CP (CILSA (Chief Inspector Land Service Ammunition) Pattern) tool - a wooden tool that a 200 round belt would be fitted into and the box placed over it, then up-ended, to correctly repackage a belt after inspection. I think I have a picture of it, in a p**s take caption competition and will see if I can find it to post here. I don't think that layering the belt into the box is as it would have been done by RG, certainly not by RAOC staff using the CP tool.

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

CP 30 tool for repackaging 200 round 7.62 mm belts

This is not just one tool but a kit. You will get a general idea of how it is used from the photo.

 

[hangarman]

There were lots of packing pieces in the 60's . Ill try and get a picture later. There were tapered rubber packers that filled the void between the bullets as well as plastic packers all round the belt.

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

I only remember seeing (in the 1980s) the plastic packing pieces and I don't remember how many of each size to a box or how they were positioned in it. I'm guessing two of each but I could be wrong.

For Celica, I'm pretty sure that the H84s in the carrier were placed alternately, so that the closure of the first H84 faced in the opposite direction to that of the second H84 and so on, so that two closures faced one way and the other two faced the other way. Probably something to do with even weight distribution in the carrier and of the carriers on a pallet.