Given the destruction of axis war goods by the end of the war German would have had to produce over a million to get so many to the front lines.
Which is why documented photographs of the stg44 are so common
So as for sources most fg42 and stg44 reached the front lines it’s trust me bro
So is made almost a quarter million m2s and only a few reached Frontline but almost all German weapons did yep, checks out
gotcha
So far only sources ive found regarding M2 in europe are in few thousands.
But if you find better sources do share them with us.
You still have the issue of some units being better than the equivalents on other trees - even historically - the Matilda 2 vs 1940 German or 1941 Italian is another obvious example.
Limiting the number of such equipment that can be fielded is one way of evening things, but it fails when the equipment or unit is common place or standard - such as MG34 squads vs rifle-only squads in 1939-1941
- Logistical paralysis: In the final years of the war, the Allies’ campaign against the German transport system led to a 40% drop in railway marshalling capacity by the end of 1944. This crippled the Germans’ ability to move troops and supplies, including weapons, to the front lines.
- Weapons not reaching the front : The disruption of the rail system meant that production ceased at the start of 1945. According to an Air & Space Forces Magazine article, between September and November 1944, German factories produced 2,199 tanks, but less than half of them ever reached German forces.
add in events where the german air arm lost supplies
trying to resupply encircled armies on the western front.
much of its air reinforcements trying to resupply Affrica, many of its support ships in the Mediterranean
we can argue the exact numbers but unless it went from factory to front on human or mule back chances are much of it was lost
33 50 66 percent of some supplies who knows
as opposed to your sources of fg42s and stg44 which are none at all
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Not really!
this is decrease in capability to haul supplies, the supplies doesnt magically disappear even if they arrive to destination later.
Fixing a broken railroad took from hours to few days from GE engineers that were specialized to it.
Bridges, obviously took longer time but in such conditions the supplies were often rerouted.
As this quote states this was already very late in the war.
yes by then it reached 40% it didn’t start at zero percent and jump to 40 %, those are just rail losses not truck, plane, ship, or loses at other depots
Except bombing a railroad → it gets fixed in hours - couple days and loco continues it journey isnt exactly a loss.
you are a blind b making a bad joke or c doing this on purpose
this is on example of war material loss
its not saying it happened once for three months this is three months example in which it happened
yes much damage was done and repaired
but just as often when bridges rail and trains were destroyed they were loaded with war material
never reached troops means either destroyed, or stuck in a place not shared by the soldiers such as that it was not at the front lines
thats loss in capacity not damage to 40% of rails 40% loss incapacity as in long term. thats not something you measure in days or weeks but months. as in they could move 40% less material its not a measure of tracks destroyed it a measure of the amount of freight they could move.
Germany was able to repair bombed railroads during World War II with impressive speed and efficiency—often within hours to a few days, depending on the extent of the damage.
| Light damage (rails bent, minor craters) | A few hours to 1 day |
|---|---|
| Moderate damage (multiple craters, damaged tracks) | 1–3 days |
| Heavy damage (bridges, switching yards, major junctions) | Up to 1–2 weeks or more |
Losses are counted as unretrievable or destroyed beyond repair.
Not having enough fuel to send tanks to front is logistical issue but not a loss.
listen to me carefully 40% is a measure of reduction of capacity. that is the loss of trains, crews, bridges, stations, rail hub ect led to a 40% reduction in capacity. this is not saying they damaged 40% of the available miles of railroad. or 40 of the number of different tracks its saying it decreased the amount of freight germany could deliver by 40 percent.
how fast could germany replace an entire train an entire crew. second stop ignoring the headline of 2000 tanks half never reached the troops. not were delayed not arrived latter never arrived.
Which is not a loss of stg, tank or unicorns.
The stg’s, tanks & unicorns still exists and were either rerouted or drawn by unicorns.
Aka your 40% decrease in capacity isnt ~500k stg’s -40%
its part of it unless you believe they were only destroying empty trains and trains filled with tanks. or do you think never reached german forces mean they went to live on a farm.
between September and November 1944, German factories produced 2,199 tanks, but less than half of them ever reached German forces.
GE relied quite heavily on trains so you do understand that if we follow your idiotic logic here GE would have taken 40% casualties before the troops even reach the frontline.
That would have effectively meant the war would have ended around 1723.
So no, your -40% doesnt exactly apply to everything.
Aka capacity to haul -/- is not exactly a loss.
you are correct, destroying rails bridges yards does not result in the loss of tanks, planes artillery troops ect ect ect. destroying trains on bridges in yards on rails loaded with tanks, artillery, planes guns ect ect ect does. again in just three months germany ‘lost’ half the tanks it made. which might have been the high water mark to that point but did not start from zero. nor would the tanks have been sent alone unless you expect me to believe they sent tanks alone without ammo or crews or guards.
Arent you something.
wow you are pathetic parsing my words like that
they lost half the tanks stockpiled and sent in that period