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2M shells in 48 hrs is 11.5 shells a second.
by jsmcgd 4y ago
2M shells in 48 hrs is 11.5 shells a second.
- bozhark 4y ago(NUMBER OF BARRELS)[(SHOT SEQUENCE TIME/SECONDS)(11.5 SECONDS)]
- londons_explore 4y agoBut if you design a factory to make shells quickly, each production line can probably do 1 shell per second (they're not so different from big bullets, and those are made very rapidly). 11 of those lines and you can be keeping up that rate forever.
- rypskar 4y agoIt's not enough to produce them, you also need to get them close to the front. The logistics of transporting millions of tons ammunition outside of normal trading routes should not be underestimated
- dragontamer 4y agoStockpiling those shells for a "huge burst" at the start of a battle is more than possible though. The main issue today, is such stockpiles are easily found by recon (satellites, airplanes, drones), and then blown up by enemy artillery / rocket artillery.
- patentatt 4y agoJust happened to be listening to Dan Carlin's hardcore history about WWI. From memory, the Germans would build multiple railway lines to the front to supply a large offensive like this. And then they'd spend weeks stockpiling ammunition and food using those multiple railway lines. At times this conferred a large advantage to the Germans as parts of the Allies side would be supplied by a single road vs. multiple railway lines.
- londons_explore 4y agoWhen you don't have to deal with boring things like permission to build, consent of landowners, keeping roads open, etc., building a railway is very quick and easy.
- londons_explore 4y agoBuilding multiple railway lines is also a safety thing - you don't want to leave a whole section of your troops unsupplied just because some train is hit by a shell and wrecked blocking the tracks.
- holoduke 4y agoLogistics are invented during ww1. Same for canned food. Boxing material and more.
- NoNameProvided 4y agoI just found out a few days ago when I have read about track gauge, that they literally built narrow train lines to transport ammunition at scale. Eg: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/light-rail-ammunition-train https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/light-rail-ammunition-...
- Steve44 4y agoI watched a documentary a little while ago which described the sound as a constant drum-roll during these barrages. I don't have sound at the moment but think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hscEoupkqv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hscEoupkqv4 is something similar. The scale of these attacks is mind boggling. > A barrage like this is referred to as "drumfire" by veterans to describe artillery that is so constant, unceasing and uninterrupted, that it sounds like drums. Others say that it sounded almost like a sea. It is agreed that it was impossible to hear individual shells, due to the sheer amount being fired. > > A video to describe the sheer scale of WW1 artillery barrages and how they may have sounded. It may also help to convey the experience of shell shock (PTSD) a WW1 soldier may have developed. Although this video pretends to be the experience of an artillery barrage, a true artillery barrage especially on this scale cannot ever be felt in the same way through a demonstration as the world would shatter, pressure and concussive forces would be felt throughout the entire body with each blast, and the noise would be so extremely violent and loud that anyone would have their ear drums ruptured.
- wiz21c 4y agoIn these days of elite, small squads as shown on television, this is a stark reminder that war is incredibly, literally unbelievably, savage thing.