Original U.S. WWI Browning M1917 .30 Caliber Wooden Ammunition Box Antique Flintlock Firearms as we have never seen

as we have never seen anything quite like this before

It is also possible it was from a blow sustained from a weapon or other falling object

The mission was to find and destroy rocket sites that had been used to fire on Tan Son Nhut Air Base since the Tet Offensive began nearly a month earlier

which was a rocket motor that completely expended itself within the tube so as not to injure the operator with exhaust gas

near the pommel

Original U.S. WWI Browning M1917 .30 Caliber Wooden Ammunition Box Antique Flintlock Firearms as we have never seenOriginal Item: Only One Available. When the . 30 Cal. M1917 Browning machine gun was developed for the U. S. military during World War I, the ammunition was packed in wooden boxes suitable for direct feeding of the gun. Wooden packing crates were used for bulk shipping of ammunition. Key construction for the wood . 30 caliber ammo boxes consisted of oak or ash wood material, dovetail or lap joints, a leather or webbing strap on top fitted into a