page_title: Colonial Ammunition Company
hierarchical_section_title: Colonial Ammunition Company
caption_attribution_description: English: A .303 British cartridge. .303 inch centrefire, rimmed ammunition. Rimmed, centerfire .303 in cartridge from WWII. Manufactured by Colonial Ammunition Company, New Zealand in 1945. Standard Mk VII .303 inch cartridge for Lee-Enfield rifle. Rimmed, centrefire .303 inch (7.7 mm) cartridge from WWII. Military .303 British 174g FMJ cartridge. Français&#160;: Une cartouche de .303. 日本語: 一般にリー・エンフィールド小銃に用いられる" Mk. VII " というタイプの.303ブリティッシュ弾 である。. Русский: .303 British — английский винтовочный, унитарный патрон. Он был основным патроном британской армии с 1889. .303 British- английский винтовочный, унитарный патрон. (.303 inch). Türkçe: .303 inch (7.7 mm) mermi IIDS. Dansk: .303ammunition.jpeg. Tiếng Việt: Một viên đạn súng cỡ 0.303. đạn súng cỡ 0.303inch của Anh.
context_page_description: The Colonial Ammunition Company was an ammunition manufacturer in Auckland, New Zealand. Its predecessor, Whitney & Sons, was established by Major John Whitney with government encouragement in 1885 during the Russian Scare. Whitney later recruited investors to expand his factory in 1888. The other shareholders were Messrs Greenwood and Batley, of Leeds; T. Hall, Esq., of Mount Morgan; J. D' Arcey, Esq.; Captain de Lusada, R.N.; J. Clarke, Esq.; and T.Y. Cartwright of Notts. They formed the Colonial Ammunition Company, the first ordnance manufacturer in Australasia.
  Components were made in New Zealand and Australia, shipped to England, and then assembled at the Greenwood & Batley plant in Leeds. The finished cartridges were then shipped back to Australia and New Zealand for sale. It later expanded in other business directions from 1925 on.
  In the Second World War, it was New Zealand's only industrial manufacturer of ammunition, with production in countries like Australia having long since overtaken the small size of the New Zealand market for ammunition.
context_section_description: The Colonial Ammunition Company (CAC) was an ammunition manufacturer in Auckland, New Zealand. Its predecessor, Whitney & Sons, was established by Major John Whitney with government encouragement in 1885 during the Russian Scare. Whitney later recruited investors to expand his factory in 1888. The other shareholders were Messrs Greenwood and Batley, of Leeds (owners of the Greenwood & Batley cartridge company); T. Hall, Esq., of Mount Morgan; J. D' Arcey, Esq.; Captain de Lusada, R.N.; J. Clarke, Esq.; and T.Y. Cartwright of Notts. They formed the Colonial Ammunition Company, the first ordnance manufacturer in Australasia.
  Components were made in New Zealand and Australia, shipped to England, and then assembled at the Greenwood & Batley plant in Leeds. The finished cartridges were then shipped back to Australia and New Zealand for sale. It later expanded in other business directions from 1925 on.
  In the Second World War, it was New Zealand's only industrial manufacturer of ammunition (having temporarily increased its workforce from 230 to 900), with production in countries like Australia having long since overtaken the small size of the New Zealand market for ammunition.
caption: .303 British cartridge (Mk VII) FMJ, manufactured by CAC in 1945
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