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The German Army's Ammo Problem in WW2

When judging WW2 weapons one aspect is often ignored namely that nowadays we usually use ammo that is of better quality than what available during the war. This of course goes the other way round as well, basically using inferior ammo and than stating that the weapon was "bad", when it was actually an ammo problem. As always context is important. We also touch on the various problems the German Army had in World War 2 with ammo quality, supply and production. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans Umbreit: Organisation und Mobilisierung des deutschen Machtbereichs – Teilband 1: Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1939 bis 1941, Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Band 5/1. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Germany, 1988 (1992). Kroener, Bernhard R.; Müller, Rolf-Dieter; Umbreit, Hans: Organisation und Mobilisierung des deutschen Machtbereichs – Teilband 2: Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1942 bis 1944/45. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Band 5/2. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, Germany, 1999. #AmmoProblem,#GermanWeaponsWW2,#ContextMatters

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Konstantin Atanassov

Excellent topic! An overlooked one. The Germans didn't have a choice except to adapt the economic limitations and go with those mild (low hardness)-steel cases and bullets (!). An document says, that the accuracy over range is slightly increased. Edit: but yes, the reliability dropped at first.

Hyok Kim

''‘’ Edit: but yes, the reliability dropped at first.’’ Thanks for the info. You’re talking about feeding reliability/