Ammo Dump, Kent - June 2014

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SlimJim

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Visited with Prickly_Buzz and darkhole.

The site consists of three WWII era buildings that were used for the storage of ammunition, by the Royal Ordnance Corps. There would have originally been a deep shelter at the front of the site, but was demolished long ago. There's not a lot of documentation or history on this one.

It's still in MoD hands and sees the occasional army exercise or two, along with the odd airsoft boob popping down from time-to-time. From the looks of the spent 5.56mm blanks all over the place, I'd say they were doing CQC training of some sort.

Signs warning soldiers.
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Front of the site.
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Entrance to one of the bunkers.
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Sections for storing ammunition.
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Writing on the wall.
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Graffiti.
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Between the blast enclosure and the front of one of the bunkers. Some cool old window frames still exist.
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Spent smoke grenade.
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Some original camouflage paintwork remains.
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Blast protected entrance with resident sheep.
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Big ups and thanks to Prickly_Buzz and darkhole.
 
Not so much a store, more a primary munitions assembly site. The main clues being that the site as under R.O.C. control, the long run of windows and the concrete supports for the long removed work bench top, that was originally situated under said windows. Windows are not required in pure storage facilities - however, plenty of light is definitely needed when assembling the gaine into fuses for HE shells or assembling various munitions for immediate issue to units. One of the government's late WW11 publications shows the interior of a similar building and the bench is full of equipment for loading Vickers machine gun belts and BREN magazines.
 
Not so much a store, more a primary munitions assembly site. The main clues being that the site as under R.O.C. control, the long run of windows and the concrete supports for the long removed work bench top, that was originally situated under said windows. Windows are not required in pure storage facilities - however, plenty of light is definitely needed when assembling the gaine into fuses for HE shells or assembling various munitions for immediate issue to units. One of the government's late WW11 publications shows the interior of a similar building and the bench is full of equipment for loading Vickers machine gun belts and BREN magazines.

Interesting indeed. Food for thought :)
 

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