Australia
With shipments of Australian F4 ammunition due to arrive in the United States in July 2003 it seems pertinent to add to this site information about the factory method of packaging for this ammunition.  The size of these crates is 12.5 x 8 x 17.5 inches and weigh 70.4 lbs ea.

          BANDOLEER AND STRIPPER CLIPPED

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

M19A1 can

F4 Model Ball Ammunition

in 5 rnd MK 3 Chargers (clips)

in MK 1 Bandoleers

          CARTON

Standard M19A1 can used for 300 rounds of 'Carton' F4 Ammunition
containing seven 40 round and one 20 round cardboard cartons.

F4 Model Ball Ammunition

          CARTON (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.

Wooden Crate, Cardboard Carton and the 4 Blister Packs that are joined together

Four sets of 4 blister packs to each cardboard carton

British

        BANDOLEER AND STRIPPER CLIPPED

	L2A2 Model Ball Ammunition		in 5 rnd MK 3 Chargers (clips)		in MK L3A1 Bandoleers
	NATO Standardised Ammunition		NATO Symbol

Pic courtesy of James Scott.

          Containers

Pics courtesy of Patrick Jones

Each container holds 50 rounds, 4 containers to a layer,
2 layers in the can for a total of 400 rounds.

	L2A2 Model Ball Ammunition		NATO Standardised Ammunition
	NATO Standardised Ammunition		NATO Symbol

American

        BANDOLEER AND STRIPPER CLIPPED

Unknown

  Ball Ammunition L2A2       Chargers (Mark 3)       Bandoleer (Mark 2/1)

South Africa

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