MG34/42 Ammunition BattlePak

[treadmill]

Looking for information and pictures if possible of the BattlePak ammo case used for the MG34/42. As I understand it there was a metal case holding a fair size cardboard box with a carry/lift strap. Inside this box were smaller 15 round packages of ammo. My question is..how many of the larger cardboard boxes with the carry/lift strap were in this metal box. Any info or pictures or insight would be greatly appreciated.

[MG34Biker]

Those are 300rd Boxes, 20 boxes of 15 rds. They came 3 to a 900 round wooden case, used for all German 8x57 small arms.

Here's a link to some photos of one:
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Heer/photos/H018158.html

[Bil]

I don't know about the metal box refered to in your post.I do have the metel 'sardine can' sealed type that has boxes of ammo from Roumania,and this cardboard German box. ---bil

[Matt]

I thought there were 5 300 round boxes (20, 15 round boxes in a sleeve) in the wooden box?

[Intruder196]

I thought there were 5 300 round boxes (20, 15 round boxes in a sleeve) in the wooden box?

I think you are correct. When J&G Sales had the original ammo for sale I did ask them how many were in a case and if they would send the ammo in the original wood crate. Their answer was there was 1500 to a case and no, they did not sell the crates with the ammo.
I bought a "case" anyways and it came as 5 300 round cartons, all 1935 dated from the same lot. The greatest thing about this ammo was it was around $25 for a 300 round carton.