UP FOR sale
M19A1 AMMO BOX
Up for sale is a M19A1 Ammo Box
A M19A1 ammunition box for 7.62×51mm NATO M80 Ball cartridges. It is linked Machinegun ammunition packed in 100-round cartons and carried in cloth bandoleers.
M19A1. The post war .30 caliber Ammunition box is known as the M19A1. It measures 3-13/16 x 7-1/4” x 11”.� Adopted in 1946 the M19 series had officially replaced the M1 and M1A1 boxes by the early 1960\'s. The M19A1 box started out as a .30 caliber box but after 1957 it was also adapted for use with 7.62mm NATO ammunition
History of the TW or Twin Cities Ordnance Plant:
The plant produced .30, .50 and .45 caliber ammunition. Production of small arms ammunition began on March 9, 1942, and the plant remained in production for 42 months. Between 1942 and 1945, TCAAP produced all five main small arms types: ball, armor-piercing, tracer, incendiary and blanks
After Victory over Japan Day, TCAAP was placed in reserve status. The facility was operated by the US Army from 1946 to 1950, when the installation was brought back into production to manufacture small arms and artillery ammunition for the Korean War. The plant remained in service until 1957, when it was again closed. In 1965, during the Vietnam War, the plant was re-opened to manufacture new types of small arms ammunition. It was on standby status from 1976 through 2002.
In 2002, more than 600 acres (2.4km2) were declared \"in excess\" by the United States Army, though Alliant Techsystems continued to manufacture munitions there as recently as 2005.
This does have the rubber gasket inside to keep out the moisture
Some surface rust mostly on bottom
Comes from a smoke free environment
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