June 24th, 2008, 10:08 AM
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Re: US use of 57mm APDS
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cbo said:
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These are the figures found by Kurt:
Aug 44 - 7% (of 68,506 = 4800 rounds)
Nov 44 - 1% (of 43,024 = 430)
Jan 45 - 3% (of 84,233 = 2500)
Feb 45 - 2% (of 79,849 = 1600)
Mar 45 - 3% (of 75,331 = 2300)
Apr 45 - 3% (of 52,281 = 1600)
May 45 - 2% (of 9,349 = 190)
For all other months the table lists 0%
It is of course worth noticing, that the 13,000 rounds fired is only 3% of the 413,000 57mm rounds fired and that the number of APDS rounds available for each 57mm gun was 6 - for the entire campaign from June 1944 to May 1945 - and that included training.
cbo
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Given that info, allowing 3% of the ammo loadout to be APDS would seem fair. That would give 2-3 sabot rounds to each 57mm AT-Gun and would also require a slight adjustment to the service dates of a unit or two.
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