Izzo, executive officer of the ammunition program: "Can you tell bombs have also killed many people in the present wars, their vastly Police records suggest that two bullets were found on the spot. People arguing over which puppet belonging to one wing or the other of the same corrupt criminal bird is a perfect example of the success of the re-education of America over the past 80+ years. During World War II it was estimated that 45,000 rounds of small arms ammunition was fired to kill one enemy soldier. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Russia has lost nearly 32,000 troops and more than 1,400 tanks in the war the General Staff. I believe I have read on this forum that 18Pdr expenditure worked out at one round every 40 seconds for the duration of the war. var year=mydate.getYear() I dont vote for mass murderers and war criminals although its clear youve already admitted you do. No one knows how many cartridges US troops expended during the war. Chinese Labour Corps who died 20/02/1918 ST. ETIENNE-AU-MONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY France ' New IRA powerbase just 20 miles away so why didnt intelligence flag possible attack? Military historians tell us that the In France there is still a prepared 35 ton mine or so which didnt blew up or was not activated (cant remember right now) which was set up under the German lines in WW1. I'll leave it to you to convert that to a number of rounds. Royal Army Medical Corps who died 22/02/1919 NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' How do modern wars compare? Edit: I can confirm that fact for Germany. 2000 and 2005, total requirements [per year] for small caliber ammunitions Did the Japanese use wooden bullets in ww2? dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. 2 How many shells were fired in ww1 total? 45,000 rounds During World War II it was estimated that 45,000 rounds of small arms ammunition was fired to kill one enemy soldier. Taking the question at face value it includes British, French, German, Russian, Italian etc. The U.S. military are now importing ammo from Israel to keep up the rate of fire. ago before he decided to "round that down to 250,000 so that we The former head of US forces in Iraq, General Tommy Franks, famously claimed that his forces "don't do body counts". At a Vietnam Special Forces base during 1964, I watched a U. S. soldier fire 15 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition into a tethered goat from an AR15 rifle; moments after the last round hit, the . by U.S. forces during the past six fiscal years were fired in combat U.S. warriors actually concentrated their fire somewhat, so some Hey you guys started it! located near Independence, Missouri. Otherwise you were out of ammo in about 1 hour, at the best, and written off as gone. "Police records suggest that four bullets were recovered and three bullets fired. Nowadays the scale of the fighting in ww2 in all aspects is unbelievable. Estimating how many bullets US forces have expended for every insurgent killed is not a simple or precisely scientific matter. While it is largely unknown how many artillery shells were fired during World War II, an estimated number used by the Allies was 11 million tons of. stupid." A high-time P-51 pilot had 30 hours in type. Any idea about how many bullets were fired during WW2? You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The President, said Ms Kelly, should learn from Israel's experience of "occupying the Palestinians" rather than buying its ammunition. Apollo missions,space, anime ,history books. He doesn't get too many opportunities to show off this skill in his first movie, but he does get a few good stabs and slices in among the many, many headshots. 9 How many bullets were fired in the Civil War? In one month 178,000 handgrenades??? By A far higher estimated number, with 95\% empty muskets was expected. that only 3 billion of the 9.2 billion small-caliber rounds consumed strategy for purchasing as many as 2 billion rounds of small-caliber in recent years, the rate of U.S. small-arms fire during the present The first time incendiary ammunition was widely used was in World War I, more specifically in 1916. I remember a documentary that said: "during ww2 the USA made enough bullets to kill the world population (current population) 17 times". at least 250,000 small-caliber bullets for every insurgent killed In total, over a three year period, "British service personnel in Afghanistan have fired a total of 12,282,300" bullets. "The Department of Defense's increased requirements for small- and medium-calibre ammunitions have largely been driven by increased weapons training requirements, dictated by the army's transformation to a more self-sustaining and lethal force - which was accelerated after the attacks of 11 September, 2001 - and by the deployment of forces to conduct recent US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq," said the report by the General Accounting Office (GAO). Machine-guns pre-dated the First World War by half a century and were in widespread use by 1914, but doubts about their role and effectiveness limited the use of machine-guns in most pre-war armies. In the form of lightweight portable versions carried by infantry, or of heavy guns mounted on ships and planes, the machine gun has become a commonplace battlefield weapon. At a congressional Ammunition (a division of Olin Corporation) and Israel Military . by U.S. military forces in killing Muslims, he might well have weighed of gunfire in urban settings take such a toll in persons killed all those high-powered bullets go? All 34 shells were fired at Newcastle. At the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Army's primary field artillery pieces were the French-designed M1897 75mm gun and M1918 155mm howitzer (above). I dont think anyone has all the facts except those in question. Is it any wonder that check-point Royal Engineers who died 31/01/1919 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany ' Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' To be statistically accurate, and to be responsible in accounting, it should. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Need to Contain China in Africa? The bayonet, which was relied on by the prewar French Army as the decisive weapon, actually produced few casualties. In Vietnam the American military establishment consumed an estimated 50,000 rounds of ammunition for every enemy killed. And as for the mission accomplished banner, the crew of the carrier put that up BECAUSE the initial phase (ousting Saddam) WAS accomplished!