23 October 1941 Part 2

23 October 1941 Eight ammunition allowances and full barrel-life requirements

[Scan 1094.jpg] Secret. Copy. General of Artillery attached to Commander-in-Chief Army (Ib), no. 3748/41. Headquarters, 23 October 1941. References: Operations Branch (IIa), no. 38028/41; Quartermaster-General, 330/Army Supply (Qu3/Ia), no. I/23977/41 secret, 21 October 1941. Subject: Ammunition on the Channel Islands. To Operations Branch; information Quartermaster-General. Received 24 October 1941.

General of Artillery proposes depositing eight ammunition allowances per barrel on the Channel Islands. These suffice to repel an attack lasting several days. The following table gives the necessary ammunition quantities for the gun types listed by Operations Branch, and the requirement if stocks corresponding to full barrel life are demanded. By order, signed Elfeldt. Certified correct copy, including enclosure: [signature unclear].

[Scan 1095.jpg] Secret. Copy. Enclosure to General of Artillery no. 3748/41, 23 October 1941. Columns: calibre; number of barrels; rounds for eight allowances; rounds for full barrel utilisation (approximate). Plus sign marks foreign weapons whose barrel life may be greater.

Guernsey: French 7.5 cm gun—4 barrels; 8,000 rounds; eight-thousand (+) per barrel=32,000. Czech 10 cm light field howitzer—8; 16,000; 8,000 (+) each=64,000.15 cm K18—8; 7,040; 2,000 each=16,000. French 15.5 cm gun—4; 3,520; 2,000 (+) each=8,000.21 cm heavy mortar 18—9; 5,400; 4,000 each=36,000.22 cm K17—4; 1,920; 2,000 (+) each=8,000. French naval 22 cm gun—4; 1,920; 2,000 (+) each=8,000.

Jersey: French 7.5 cm gun—4; 8,000; 8,000 (+) each=32,000. Czech 10 cm light field howitzer—8; 16,000; 8,000 (+) each=64,000. French 15.5 cm gun—4; 3,520; 2,000 (+) each=8,000.21 cm heavy mortar 18—9; 5,400; 4,000 each=36,000. Naval 15 cm gun—3; 2,640; 2,000 each=6,000. French 22 cm K17—4; 1,920; 2,000 (+) each=8,000.

Alderney: 15 cm K18—4; 3,520; 2,000 each=8,000. Naval 17 cm gun—3; 2,640; 2,000 each=6,000. Note (+): For marked foreign-made guns, the service life is probably 50–100 percent higher, because high-alloy steels were used, whereas German barrels are made of low-nickel steel.

Original source image 1095.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Eight ammunition allowances and full barrel-life requirements.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1094.jpg, 1095.jpg.