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re: The Fallen of World War II
Posted on 3/18/24 at 3:35 pm to TigerHornII
Posted on 3/18/24 at 3:35 pm to TigerHornII
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Soviet equipment was not survivable, and they didn't care. The crew loss rate for their mainstream T-34 tank with one penetrating hit was ~80%. Watch some videos from sources like Chieftan showing how hard it is to get in and out of it. The comparable rate for the much maligned Sherman was on the order of ~17%. Some of the best Soviet tank units rolled into Berlin driving Shermans.
As much ballyhooed as the T-34 was, it was ergonomically and mechanically a nightmare. T-34 allegedly had a spare transmission carried with it wherever it went. Most Soviet equipment was used until it was exhausted and then replaced. Maintenance and recovery was not in their doctrine.
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2. Without US supplies, the Soviets would have collapsed. Some 2/3rds of all Red Army wheeled vehicles were US-built by end of the war, as were good portions of their tanks and rail cars. The Soviets were incapable of making high octane aviation gas, so we literally supplied all of it to them. The average Red Army soldier marched West in US-made boots, more often than not. And the list goes on - steel, oil, ammunition, aircraft......
Good stuff. I don't think a lot of people realize how important the Spam, jeeps, 2-ton trucks, steel rails, locomotives and rolling stocks, and avgas were to the Soviet effort. The massive and sweeping sustained and back breaking offensives of 1944 don't happen without this.
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Posted on 3/18/24 at 3:45 pm to DakIsNoLB
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2-ton trucks
The most produced vehicle of the entire war. I bring this up as a point of fact with my students and ask them “how does that represent the American war effort?” when trying to get them to think beyond the front lines.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 3:59 pm to DakIsNoLB
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Good stuff. I don't think a lot of people realize how important the Spam, jeeps, 2-ton trucks, steel rails, locomotives and rolling stocks, and avgas were to the Soviet effort. The massive and sweeping sustained and back breaking offensives of 1944 don't happen without this.
Without lend lease the Reds are likely overrun by the Germans. The old saying that an army marches on its stomach holds true and we fed, supplied a large majority of the Soviet army.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 4:35 pm to DakIsNoLB
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As much ballyhooed as the T-34 was, it was ergonomically and mechanically a nightmare. T-34 allegedly had a spare transmission carried with it wherever it went. Most Soviet equipment was used until it was exhausted and then replaced. Maintenance and recovery was not in their doctrine.
Yep. If you happen to play the game War Thunder, which goes to great pains to make vehicles realistic, listen to the unique sound a moving T-34 makes. That is the sound of the pins that hold the track sections together getting pounded back into place with each revolution of the track. The Russians didn't bother to design a way to retain them, and couldn't build press fits, so the lower part of the hull literally has a feature designed into it that acts as a hammer to beat them back into place as each track segment passes over the drive wheel. T-34s could be heard coming for miles because of this.
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