BANDOLEER AND STRIPPER CLIPPED

Early ammunition can circa 1960 used for 600 rounds of bandoleer ammunition, which equates out to 12 Bandoleers and 120 five round stripper clips.

200 Rounds of F4 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers		300 Rounds of L2A2 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers		300 Rounds of L2A2 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers
	F4 Ball Ammunition		L2A2 Ball Ammunition	H51 Mk 1 S.V. 141.A
	in 5 rnd MK 3 Chargers (clips)		in 5 rnd MK 3 Chargers (clips)
	in MK 1 Bandoleers		in MK 2/1 Bandoleers
		Photos courtesy of Rob Handyside.
500 Rounds of L2A2 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers		600 Rounds of L2A2 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers		800 Rounds of F4 on Stripper Clips and in Bandoliers in M19A1 Cans
H26 Mk 2 (AUST)		Note the W/|\D (War Department) wording as part of the Government Explosives warning sign		Typical later packaging for the bandoleer ammunition is 4 cans inside an outer collapsible plywood crate.  The size of these crates is 12.5 x 8 x 17.5 inches and weigh 70.4 lbs ea. Outer packaging crate, holding four M19A1 cans each holding 200 rounds of F4 Ball Ammunition on Mark 3 Stripper Clips and in Mk. 1 Bandoleers. Outer packaging opened showing the four M19A1 cans "top and tailed" with plywood partitions to stop rattling

CARTONED

300 Rounds of F4 Ball in Cartons		300 Rounds of F8 Blank in Cartons
	F4 Ball Ammunition		F8 Blank Ammunition
Standard M19A1 can used for 300 rounds of 'Carton' F4 Ammunition containing seven 40 round and one 20 round cardboard cartons

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CARTONED (Blister packs)

Part of the second shipment to the US contained 'Blister packed' ammunition.  The ammunition was sealed in plastic with 5 rounds sandwiched between two layers of plastic in four groups of five rounds.  Each five round group could be broken off from the others leaving all groups still sealed.  These were then packed into a corrugated cardboard carton (160 rounds) 8 layers of 4 'blister' packs, 5 cardboard cartons to a wooden crate.

800 Rounds of F4 in Blister Packs in Cardboard Cartons
Wooden Crate, Cardboard Carton and the 4 Blister Packs that are joined together Four sets of 4 blister packs to each cardboard carton