An example of combat ineffective rates in real combat

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So really everyone was throwing thousands of rounds at the enemy for each kill. This makes sense I suppose in mechanized forces where an APC or truck is available for rearmament and high rates of fire are sustained for several days during a given battle.

Not really,in the RL aspect.
Consevation of ammo was a big issue late in the war for germany as most of her factories were bombed,it got so bad that they had reserve fire until certain of a hit or else had little else for defence.
In game terms,this is not reflected,except some air units evaporate, but not many have had an issue with supplies,,, not all nations can be tracked per date time and avail. supplies of said nation.