WTK: WWII JAP Box with US Web Gear

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I was given this information on the PA Firearms Owners Forum:

Box is a container for ignition powder tube/ignition parts(direct translation) for Type II Modified 1 Depth Charge.
Serial Number 1815.
Built in Aich prefecture somewhere. Sometime in March 1944.


Its a box that contained Type95 Depth charge Fuse for JIN.
Type II depth charge is an older type Depth charge. Put in to service in 1942.
Its the drum shaped, Weigh 160kg, of which 100kg was Type 88 charge(TNT I believe).
Due to slow rate of sinking(2m/s), it was replaced by Type III depth charge in 1944(shaped like elongated bomb with fin).
but it remained in production until 1945

Dane

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