Building 430

.50 munitions assembly and storage

Built in 1958, not a monument

Past
This building, called the ‘vulhuis’ (filling house) was where .50 ammo was assembled. These are cartridges with a 0.5-inch diameter. Artillerie Inrichtingen produced this ammo on behalf of the United States. In the 1980s, the building was extended and the windows replaced with metal cladding. A different calibre of ammo was also assembled during that period.

This building was constructed on this section of the site due to space constraints. The building had lightning rods and had to satisfy the same rules as the buildings in the Eurometaal woodland.  It had a lockable gate, with a security guard who had his own little room in the adjacent building 421.

Present
The building is currently undergoing complete renovation and will eventually be the main building in a cluster of museum buildings.