ammo box for id

[paddy]

will try get better photos later it is marked 1943

[Scout]

Nice. Looks to be in okay for its age. Barn or ground dug?
What ammo is it for, so you happen to know?
It looks to be the size of a footlocker.

[spotter]

Ammunition Box B.167 was used for the following
3" QF Howitzer HE 4 rounds
Number Packed: 4
Gross weight: 90 lbs
2" ML Mortar HE fuzed
2" ML Mortar sand, dummy fuze
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 68 lbs
2" ML Mortar MkII
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 59 lbs
2" ML Mortar Bomb Thrower, Smoke
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 62 lbs
2" ML Mortar bursting fuzed
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 65 lbs
2" ML Mortar Signal Red
2" ML Mortar Signal Green
2" ML Mortar Multi Red
2" ML Mortar Multi Green
2" ML Mortar Multi Red and Green
2" ML Mortar Multi White
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 45.75 lbs
2" ML Mortar Illuminating with parachute
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 43.5 lbs
Grenades No 69
Number Packed: 34
Gross weight: 44.25 lbs
Grenades No 77
Number Packed: 34
Gross weight: 45 lbs
Smoke, No. 21

[paddy]

Nice. Looks to be in okay for its age. Barn or ground dug?
What ammo is it for, so you happen to know?
It looks to be the size of a footlocker.

Whats a footlocker? this was a barn find will try make out the other letters on it, to see can we find out what it was used to carry, any idea on a value of a box like this

[António Fragoeiro]

[QUOTE=paddy;514225]Whats a footlocker?

Ita a kind of box, used to store a "soldiers" personal items.

[paddy]

Cheers for that, the letters BLSP are stamped on this and the numbers B167 any more help appreciated

[paddy]

Ammunition Box B.167 was used for the following
3" QF Howitzer HE 4 rounds
Number Packed: 4
Gross weight: 90 lbs
2" ML Mortar HE fuzed
2" ML Mortar sand, dummy fuze
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 68 lbs
2" ML Mortar MkII
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 59 lbs
2" ML Mortar Bomb Thrower, Smoke
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 62 lbs
2" ML Mortar bursting fuzed
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 65 lbs
2" ML Mortar Signal Red
2" ML Mortar Signal Green
2" ML Mortar Multi Red
2" ML Mortar Multi Green
2" ML Mortar Multi Red and Green
2" ML Mortar Multi White
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 45.75 lbs
2" ML Mortar Illuminating with parachute
Number Packed: 18
Gross weight: 43.5 lbs
Grenades No 69
Number Packed: 34
Gross weight: 44.25 lbs
Grenades No 77
Number Packed: 34
Gross weight: 45 lbs
Smoke, No. 21

This is a B167 So it could have held any of the mentioned ammunition, was it for German or the Aliies

[Adrian Stevenson]

British......

[paddy]

Thanks for all the help on this one