• .30-06 ammunition
• May 6, 1942 thru 1945 (phased out by the 1950s)
• 250 rounds in a cloth or linked belt for the M1917A1 and M1919A4 and A6 machine guns
• foam type gasket which could be reused but wore out faster than a rubber gasket
• painted blue when loaded with blank ammo
• Replaced by the M1A1

Manufactured by

• Reeves
• Crown
• Canco
• Owens Illinois Can Company