Ammunition Containers / Ordnance

Green-gray rectangular metal ammunition containers and detached lids overlap across most of the lower frame. Some containers lie flat; others tilt against neighboring containers. Complete large-caliber cartridges appear near the lower edge and in a pile toward the upper left. Their pointed projectiles are painted blue.

Beyond the containers, bare ground is flatter and less crowded. The near corners fall into deep blue-black shade, while pale light spreads across the upper right and reduces distant detail. Diagonal container edges and repeated cartridges dominate the composition. No people are visible.

Human and container scale indicate that the complete cartridges are much larger than autocannon rounds. Repeated blue points and hard-edged containers form a dense material pattern rather than a single focal object.

Metal ammunition containers and complete large tank-gun cartridges lie across the ground.

Photograph by Kenny Bass.

Photograph 13 of 15.

• Ammunition Bunker Interior shows stacked containers inside one of the fortified bunkers in the same complex.
• Spent expands the material scale from individual cartridges and containers to a field of discarded artillery propellant cases.

The cartridges are probably in the 90-115 mm class. Their exact caliber, the function of the blue-painted projectiles and whether the ammunition is live or inert remain unconfirmed.