2 January 1943 Part 8

2 January 1943 Ammunition provision for Channel Islands batteries

Editorial note: Island ammunition requirement extracted from wider artillery construction instructions. General gun compatibility tables do not constitute island-specific maps or installations.

[Scan 0938.jpg] Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/General of Engineers and Fortifications/BranchL (Artillery). Reference 39 (Artillery), no. 1700/42 secret command matter. 2 January 1943. 120 copies; copy 106. Army General Staff/Operations Branch receipt 9 January 1943, no. 390/43.

References: Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/General of Engineers and Fortifications (LI), subjectA no. 951/42 secret command matter, 16 August 1942; and (LI) no. 1300/42 secret command matter, 10 October 1942. Subject: Additions for artillery fortification of the Channel and Atlantic coasts. To distribution list.

10. The ultimate ammunition provision aimed at is: a) batteries on the Channel Islands: 20 basic ammunition loads; b) batteries in defence areas: 10 basic loads; c) all other batteries: 5 basic loads. Since allocation of the loads still lacking for this final goal cannot be expected in the foreseeable future, the presently available ammunition loads determine the amount requiring shellproof storage.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 0938.jpg, 0939.jpg, 0940.jpg, 0941.jpg, 0942.jpg, 0943.jpg, 0944.jpg.