MaxD Posted 4 February , 2018 Share Posted 4 February , 2018 The war diary of an ASC MT company dealing with the supply of artillery ammunition says "Sixteen lorries have been loaded, 12 with AAX and 4 with BX, these stand loaded and CRA notifies.....this ammunition to be dumped.... Clearly artillery ammunition but what are AAX and BX. Thes don't appear in the 1915 and 1918 markings of ammunition tomes found on this site recently nor in my meagre supply of reference books. Does anyone know (I am aware of the existence of the RA Museum but it is Sunday!). Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 4 February , 2018 Share Posted 4 February , 2018 (edited) BX was the HE shell for the 4.5 inch Howitzer. AX for 18 pounder HE shell. Not sure about AAX though, Anti Aircraft? Mike. Edited 4 February , 2018 by MikeyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 4 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 4 February , 2018 That's great Mike. My thought, given the different quantities and the 3 to 1 ratio, was that AAX was related to the 18 Pdrs and BX to the 4.5 in batteries respectively. Given the paucity of AA effort it seems rather a lot and I'm not sure what the AA effort was in that division (21st). Thanks again Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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