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The shell supports question

Endel

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Hi all!
Does anyone please have a drawing or picture about the shell supports for this attached crate?
Its not easy to find any information about the Russian crates at all.

Thanks
E
 

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endel what size projectiles is this crate for,,i have a few old drawings of russian ammo crates
 
hello Endel sorry i cannot find anything that compares with your box,the only 76.2 russian images/drawings i have show similar but not correct boxes with 6 rounds
 

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Many thanks, spotter! I can compare your showed drawings with my box supports marks and maybe there has been the same constitution. I have a plan to make a new supports, but only visible (bleached) marks are not sufficient.
German crates usually have had the same construction, but i am baffled about the Soviet crates, there are no screw or glue marks, the supports are not fixed.

Regards
E
 
Here is a final results on the attached picture. Now i can understand, supports of Russian crates have also some similarities.

Next project is a crate for 45 mm AT rounds.

Best
E
 

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Here is a captured ammo box for the 45 mm Sprgr.Patr. 184, originally for the russian AT Gun M1937.
 

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Unknown support again, this time German. For six projectile, could be from 37 mm to 45 mm?

Markings on the side:

=?= RR 493
1939

Any ideas?
 

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One more version of russian supports. It`s the same crate for the 76,2 mm projectiles (UOF - 354M), but this time it has a little pit different support placement.

Regards
E
 

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Maybe someone has the same case with supports of russian ammo crates as i have had, so i`m going on here.

Crate for russian 82 mm mortar shells.
 

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Here is a box for the same mines, with the little different supports.

E
 

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