ammo box, P-36? P-40B?

[fiftycal]

i got a whole bunch of P-40 ammunition boxes, most are marked P-40 D/E/F or Curtiss H87A2&3 (P-40D) but i have a small one missing a label, it looks like it would be from a nose gun because of the smaller capacity, can anyone ID this?

[coldkiwi1]

Hi Fifty Cal. The small box you have is one of the two boxes that feed the inboard gun on a P40 D/E etc. P36 and P40B/C ammo boxes are quite different.

[fiftycal]

are you sure? the double sized boxes are 280 rounds for the wings and the singles are 155 rounds, so one wing gun has a tiny capacity (doubt it would fit 40 rounds)?, i thought that they would have an equal capacity.

[Deuelly]

Fiftycal, you should get the prints and manuals for the P-40, they have a lot of info.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8hAwAufXswsdUYyTnJqeGx0a0E/view?usp=drivesdk

[fiftycal]

thanks