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In "The Rommel Papers," (which is incidentally a really splendid book that you should definitely read if you have any interest in tactics at all), Rommel himsel
by avn2109 8y ago
In "The Rommel Papers," (which is incidentally a really splendid book that you should definitely read if you have any interest in tactics at all), Rommel himself claims that the ratio was in practice closer to 500:1 in the African theater.
- ethbro 8y agoExtend to many things. If Wikipedia is to be believed, the US produced more M4 chassis (all vehicle types) in 1943-alone (21,231, admittedly a huge surge in yoy production) [1] than Germany produced of any single chassis type during the whole war (most numerous: Pz III at 15,747 total) [2]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_armored_fighting_vehicle_production_during_World_War_II https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_armored_fighting_ve... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_armored_fighting_vehicle_production_during_World_War_II https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_armored_fighting_vehi...