1944 Ammo Crate - BMW

Spanner · 05-17-2019, 06:36 PM

I acquired this ammo crate with a date from 1944. Uninformed observation - I have always heard about BMW's involvement in the WWII but never heard about ammunition manufacture. Or someone painted up a box to seem that way?

Thru my Dutch friends, I was able to gain more than the "I don't know anything" knowledge that I have of the German language. As I understood it at first, it was a crate for red tracers but further interpretation led us to believe it was for igniting a larger shell. Igniting a shell with a tracer made no sense to me but triggered my knowledge, having been on an 8" howitzer for a year, in thinking this was actual a crate for primers for artillery weapons?

Any help/ideas/hair-brained ideas are welcome, please.

As always, thanks for your time

Dave

05-17-2019, 06:36 PM	#1
Spanner User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 65 Thanks: 29 Thanked 58 Times in 21 Posts	1944 Ammo Crate - BMW I acquired this ammo crate with a date from 1944. Uninformed observation - I have always heard about BMW's involvement in the WWII but never heard about ammunition manufacture. Or someone painted up a box to seem that way? Thru my Dutch friends, I was able to gain more than the "I don't know anything" knowledge that I have of the German language. As I understood it at first, it was a crate for red tracers but further interpretation led us to believe it was for igniting a larger shell. Igniting a shell with a tracer made no sense to me but triggered my knowledge, having been on an 8" howitzer for a year, in thinking this was actual a crate for primers for artillery weapons? Any help/ideas/hair-brained ideas are welcome, please. As always, thanks for your time Dave Attached Thumbnails