Original WWII U.S. Army Wooden Shotgun T3ABD 12 Gauge No.00 Buckshot M1917 Ammunition Crate - Dated 1944 Spanish Helmets Philadelphia Navy Yard

Philadelphia Navy Yard

The photograph is a lovely sepia tone example

It is a streamlined steel casing containing 192 lb (89 kg) of Tritonal high explosive

A total of 201 air battles took place between American and Vietnamese planes in 1972 sorties

with the only visible external damage being a 3/4 inch area to the left of the swas which appears to be a hard glue repair

Original WWII U.S. Army Wooden Shotgun T3ABD 12 Gauge No.00 Buckshot M1917 Ammunition Crate - Dated 1944 Spanish Helmets Philadelphia Navy YardOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1917 Ammunition Packing Box was a wooden box designed to be reused. The lid was secured by tightening brass wingnuts over threaded metal posts in the walls of the chest. They were meant to be carried by means of handles milled into the ends of the chest; troops assigned to carry ammo found them hard to grasp. Ammunition was shipped in boxes with a hermetically sealed terneplate lining that had the top soldered