21 October 1941 Part 2

21 October 1941 Existing artillery ammunition stocks and proposed increase

[Scan 1096.jpg] Secret. Quartermaster-General, file 330/Army Supply (Qu3/Ia), no. I/23977/41. 21 October 1941. Subject: Reinforcement of British Channel Islands. References: 1. Operations Branch (IIa), no. 38028/41 secret, 8 October 1941; 2. General of Artillery attached to Commander-in-Chief Army (Ib), no. 3548/41 secret, 11 October 1941. To General of Artillery; information Operations Branch, Qu1, war diary. Received 22 October 1941.

1. Figures quoted under reference 1 are outdated. According to Fifteenth Army’s report of 10 October 1941 (Senior Quartermaster/Ammunition no. 50/41 secret command matter), the artillery-ammunition quantities in the enclosure are available. Stocks for barrels employed by the Navy are unknown. 2. The aim is to increase island artillery-ammunition stocks to eight allowances; delivery depends on the ammunition situation. By order: [signature unclear].

[Scan 1097.jpg] Secret. Enclosure to Quartermaster-General no. I/23977/41 of 21 October 1941. Available according to Fifteenth Army report of 10 October. Columns: weapon; Jersey and Guernsey (319th Infantry Division)—barrels, rounds, allowances; Alderney (83rd Infantry Division)—barrels, rounds, allowances.

French 7.5 cm field gun 97: 8 barrels, 8,519 rounds, 4.2 allowances; Alderney none. Czech 8 cm field gunM 30: 8, 6,640, 3.3; Alderney none. 10 cm field howitzerM 14/19:16, 16,950, 4.7; Alderney none. French 15.5 cm GPF gun: 8, 3,756, 4.2; Alderney none. 15 cm K18: 8, 4,209, 4.8; Alderney 4 barrels, 1,760 rounds, 4 allowances. 21 cm heavy mortar 18:18, 6,700, 5; Alderney none. French 22 cm Schneider gunM 17:12, 2,880, 4; Alderney none. [Handwritten per-barrel allowance figures alongside rows: 250,250, 225,110, 110, 75, 60 respectively; some are faint.]

Original source image 1097.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Existing artillery ammunition stocks and proposed increase.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1096.jpg, 1097.jpg.