Re: [OT] Linking Ammo

MOST OF OUR  AMMO IN THE  RVN WAS LINKED,  but we did have  hand
operated linking machines.

as i remember 7.62mm came in linked 100 round  belts, as did the .50-cal
BMG ammo, and these arrived in metal cans 4- 6 to a wooden case.

most of our single  round ammo was for	rilfes, and  we used to load
magazines by individual  round all of the  time.

when the  rifle ammo was on stripper clips it was loaded 10 rounds  to a
clip,  and 2 clips to a cardboard box  packed into a cotton bandolier
with 6 - 10 pockets. some times the clips were loaded into the
bandoliers without cardboard boxes, then always without cardboard boxes.

we got out loose  rifle ammo cardboard boxes -20 rounds to a box-in a
bandolier as described	above.

or in individual boxes inside of a metal can.

or in metal can filled with 1,000 loose  rounds.

when ever  we got rifle ammo on stripper clips, WE  WERE at pains to
keep the loader and the  stripper clips for re-use in reload those
magazines!

pistol ammo came in cardboard boxes-50 round to a box, and 1000 rounds
in a can.

shotgun ammo was  either loose rounds in a can, or packed into 5 round
cardboaurd boxes inside of a metal can.

assorted hand grenades came inside of taped shut black cardboard
cylinders. ditto for mortar  rounds, rocket  rounds, and recoillsees
rifle  rounds.

40mm grenade alauncher ammo came packed into 6 round cotton bandoliers
snugged down into white plastic  cups.

the bandoliers came packed inside a metal cans. 

DAWGIE