No doubt, you've seen the words "ammunition loads" in various combat journals on my blog. You may have asked yourself: how much is an ammunition load, exactly? For tanks, that's pretty easy, it's the amount of ammunition you can carry on board, but what about things like rifles and artillery? Thankfully, the 1st Tank Army has your back, having issued a useful memo on June 24th, 1943.
Ammunition for | Units issued |
Sniper rifles and carbines, SVT rifles | 100 |
Revolvers | 21 |
TT pistols | 24 |
PPD and PPSh | 300 |
Light machineguns | 800 |
DT tank machinegun | 1000 |
Maxim or DS machinegun | 3500 |
DA machinegun | 3000 |
Quad Maxim AA mount | 6000 |
12.7 mm DShK | 2000 |
14.5 mm anti-tank rifle | 120 |
50 and 82 mm mortars | 120 |
26 mm signal flares | 110 |
120 mm mortars | 80 |
20 mm ShVAK | 750 |
37 mm mod. 1939 AA gun | 200 |
45 and 57 mm guns | 200 |
Regimental or divisional 76 mm gun | 140 |
85 mm mod. 1939 AA gun | 150 |
122 mm mod. 1930/38 howitzer | 80 |
122 mm mod. 1931/37 howitzer | 80 |
107 mm gun | 80 |
152 mm mod. 1930/38 gun | 60 |
152 mm mod. 1937 field howitzer | 60 |
Tank armament
T-34
76 mm cannon | 100 |
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT (2) | 3600 |
Hand grenades | 25 |
26 mm signal flares | 20 |
T-70
45 mm cannon | 90 |
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT (1) | 1000 |
Hand grenades | 15 |
26 mm signal flares | 15 |
T-60
20 mm ShVAK | 750 |
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT | 1000 |
Hand grenades | 20 |
26 mm signal flares | 15 |