Cartridge box

{{Short description|Box to carry firearm ammunition}}

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File:Sevastopol Panorama Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855 Officers cartridge-pouch with shoulder-belt IMG 0798 1725.jpg

A cartridge box is a container used to carry cartridges. It was worn on the soldier's right hip, on a belt in front of the soldier's abdomen ("ventral cartridge box", "gargoussier"), or on a shoulder belt.{{cite book|author=James Kochan|title=Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftmANA00C3QC&pg=PA4|accessdate=July 22, 2013|date=January 2007|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-3323-6|page=4}}{{cite book|author1=Robert J. Moore, Jr.|author2=Michael Haynes|title=Lewis & Clark, Tailor Made, Trail Worn: Army Life, Clothing & Weapons of the Corps of Discovery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vzef8F36x1wC&pg=PA253|accessdate=July 22, 2013|year=2003|publisher=Farcountry Press|isbn=978-1-56037-238-7|page=253}}{{cite book|author=Richard Bruce Winders|title=Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LViNNDlnlOgC&pg=PA102|accessdate=July 22, 2013|date=May 1, 2001|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-58544-162-4|page=102}}{{cite book|author=René Chartrand|title=The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVHrtCeR5JwC&pg=PA42|accessdate=July 22, 2013|date=November 2011|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-597-7|page=42}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}