Chapter 2541: Truck demand one

　　 Excluding political and economic reasons, the demand for future wars also makes the crown prince as prepared as possible! You know, in this era, cars, especially trucks, are still a very high-end industrial product! The cars of this era are far from the extent that the later generations need to cut production capacity in the 21st century!

　　 For example, in the history of World War II, Germany only produced 62,400 trucks and 7,500 semi-track vehicles in 1941. Kuangsha Literature Network in 1942 was only 78,200 trucks and 10,700 semi-track vehicles! German truck production reached its peak in 1943! The total number reached 109,085! By 1944, the German truck output was 88,888. Although it has fallen, it is far more than the Soviet Union, which produced 53,467 trucks in the same period!

　　 However....... These trucks are far from enough! The reason is simple, the Allied forces have a bt named America! Historically, the Soviet Union produced a total of 343,000 cars during the Second World War. The U.S. gave only 343,624 cars to the Soviet Union! Among them, the output of trucks is as high as 313,184, the number of cars is as high as 20,968, and the rest are buses! And if truck performance is to be considered, the GAZ series with a general horsepower of only 40 to 50 horsepower is naturally incomparable with American trucks.

　　 Let’s not talk about the genuine American trucks. The horsepower of the GAZ series cars is even lower than that of the Willy mb Jeep! The latter also has 65 horsepower! This car looks like a jeep and is positioned as a 0.25-ton light vehicle, but it is very high in use! Usually can be used to tow 75mm light howitzer.

　　 As for the comparison of Soviet GAZ cars with genuine American trucks, the gap would be even greater! For example, GM's cckw 2.5-ton truck uses a 105-horsepower engine. Although the power of Stubeck's us6 2.5-ton truck is lower, it also has 87 horsepower. To be honest, the so-called GAZ series trucks of the Soviet Union can only be Jeep-class trucks when they are thrown to the United States in terms of power system!

　　If the German Opel Lightning Truck, the largest production in the second war, is taken as a standard. The United Kingdom is the 2.5-ton truck series from the United States. Historically, the output of German Opel trucks during the war was about 82,000. But what about the Americans? The output of Cckw 2.5-ton trucks mentioned by GM is as high as 562,750! It is about 7 times the output of Opel Trucks! Even the relatively small production volume of the Stubeck us6 is 197,000, more than twice that of Opel trucks! The German first-line army is much larger than the US army!

　　 Therefore, only from these data can be analyzed a result, that is, historically, German automobile production is far from enough demand! A very important problem for the German Army on the Eastern Front in World War II was the lack of logistical supplies. On the one hand, it was because of the terrible road conditions in Russia, and on the other hand, because the number of vehicles in Germany was still insufficient. Usually, it was a divisional unit. It is normal that there are more than twice the number of carriages than trucks!

　　 That's great. If there is another war in the future, how many vehicles will the German Army need? This question is really hard to say, because it involves too many aspects. It's hard to predict. But if you look at the tactical organization, you can also analyze one or two.

　　Did the Germans pay little attention to logistics in history? Obviously not! The Germans actually designed the armored forces very well. In order to ensure the mobility and replenishment of the troops, they deployed a large number of vehicles in the organization table. If we take the planning in November 1944 as an example, an armored division has 13,000 soldiers. In order to maintain the normal operation of the division, Germany needs to equip the division with 601 small cars, 1,469 trucks and 529 motorcycles. Vehicles and 201 non-armored half-track vehicles!

Looking at the time point, we can understand that when this organization was formulated, Germany had already reached the time to lose sight of it. Therefore, all troops would face the issue of downsizing. In fact, the 1944 November 1944 armored division was not The ideal version in the hearts of the Germans. They are much weaker than the German armored division in November 1943. The number of tanks has dropped from 215 to 160. The number of self-propelled anti-tank guns and assault guns also dropped from 45 to 21. Moreover, the infantry battalion also lost part of the towed anti-tank guns. In other words, the previous logistic vehicles are still compressed products, so good, how many vehicles does a 17,000 German armored infantry division made in November 1943?

　　 The organization table given by the German states that such a division needs 771 small cars, 1,946 trucks, and 226 unarmored semi-track vehicles. And 662 motorcycles! It can be seen that the number of motor vehicles required by a real armored division in World War II is huge. To give an example of image, Opel’s output in history was only 80,000, and replacement and damage were not considered. Can support 20 armored divisions. And millions of other German troops will no longer need an Opel Lightning truck!

　　Because of the huge gap between history and reality~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the so-called 1943 and 1944 establishment in the later period of Germany has never been realized! So, in the end, the Germans can only dream of looking at the gorgeous compilation table! Dreaming about the feeling of the armored forces running fast. However, in fact, in the opinion of the Germans, the vehicle system is quite good in the eyes of the United States and Britain. As a divisional unit, the United States and Britain have more and better vehicles than Germany!

　　 The highest level of military mechanization in the entire World War II was the US and British troops. The strong industrial strength of the Americans and the small size of the British army allowed them to equip enough vehicles for the army. Well, now let’s take a look at the motor vehicles attached to the British troops in the latter part of the war.

　　 Take the British armored division after Normandy as an example, an armored division has about 15,000 personnel. Equipped with 853 motorcycles, various light vehicles and jeeps are 390. There are 216 general-purpose personnel carriers and half-tracks, and 36 ambulances.

　　 Then the remaining hard goods came. The vehicles below are actual transportation vehicles. These vehicles include 789 15 cwt trucks, 1,309 3-ton trucks, 130 various tractors and 219 various trailers!

　　 The number of vehicles of the British armored forces is very large, but in fact, the vehicles of the infantry division are not inferior to the armored divisions! A later British infantry division had a staffing establishment of 18,000. In a division, there are 983 motorcycles, 495 light vehicles and jeeps, 595 general-purpose personnel carriers and semi-track trucks, 52 ambulances, 881 15-cwt trucks, and 1,056 3-ton trucks. There are 205 tractors and 262 trailers!

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