Indispensable to artillery crews, the ammunition box allows transport of all artillery munitions used by the campaign service, regardless of their type and size. Generalization by Gribeauval employment encartouché the ball - the cartridge containing the propellant powder charge and bullet are one and the same whole - requires the use of a specific car for transportation without damage to these ammunition ready for use.
This box consists of a large box attached to two shafts. The inside of this box is divided into three main sections, each of which can be compartmentalized by removable boards depending on the type of ammunition carried. To preserve the powder from moisture and trickling from the rain, the well is closed by a sheet-metal shielding cover.
The box is common to all field service gauges (except room 4 which has a particular box) and only the interior is different to optimize the storage of different projectiles balls 8 or 12 books, boxes to scrap, 6 inch shells.
In addition to ammunition for artillery, it contains the squibs (used to spread the fire to the propellant powder charge), rockets (for shells) and cartridges for rifles artillery gunners. Finally, all the boxes are provided at the rear, an axle holder wheel with a spare wheel.
