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spidge · 17-10-2007, 04:40 PM

This has some of the astonishing figures of the US in manufacture and expenditure. I am unable to find a better one I have however I will keep looking.

http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_16.html

An example while coping with production of all other aircraft!
3,898 B-29 Super Fortress Very Heavy Bombers

Or

Year .50 Caliber(1) .30 Caliber

1940 5,155 3,633

1941 49,479 27,672

1942 347,492 314,839

1943 641,638 188,311

1944 677,011 121,771

1945 239,821 62,977

(1)The increasing preponderance of .50-caliber machine guns reflects
their growing use as aircraft and armored vehicle armament.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,317 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	This has some of the astonishing figures of the US in manufacture and expenditure. I am unable to find a better one I have however I will keep looking. http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_16.html An example while coping with production of all other aircraft! 3,898 B-29 Super Fortress Very Heavy Bombers Or Year .50 Caliber(1) .30 Caliber 1940 5,155 3,633 1941 49,479 27,672 1942 347,492 314,839 1943 641,638 188,311 1944 677,011 121,771 1945 239,821 62,977 (1)The increasing preponderance of .50-caliber machine guns reflects their growing use as aircraft and armored vehicle armament. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 17-10-2007 at 04:44 PM..