An ammunition box comprising a substantially rectangular box with a molded box body of a first thermoplastic material, the box body defining a rectangular storage space for ammunition, the rectangular storage space opens to an open side of the box body, a molded rectangular lid of a first thermoplastic material configured to selectively close and open the opening, a peripheral area of the box body adjacent the open side being formed as a rim surrounding an opening to the storage space, the lid being shaped and sized to fit snugly around the rim with the rim being received inside the lid when the lid is in a closed position, the lid being provided on one of its outer sides with two spaced integrally molded hollow projections that each define a lumen opening towards the side of the lid that faces the opening when the lid closes the opening, an outer side of the box body being provided with two spaced tongues, the tongues having a main extend that is parallel with the rim and the tongues being marginally spaced from the rim, the spacing between the tongues corresponding to the spacing between the lumen and the tongues being received in the lumen when the lid is in its closed position. It is suggested that Fig. 3 is published with the abstract.
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