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To: Bilow who wrote (191723)	7/15/2006 1:13:37 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nearly every American who fought in WW2 got to the battlefield on a boat, and a lot of them fought on a boat. Very few of the Russians did. Despite the US being the "arsenal of democracy", the Soviet Union built 25% more self propelled guns, twice the artillery and nearly twice the mortars that the US did. But most of those people who got to the European battlefield did so via "Luxury Liners", converted for troop carrying because were simple the fastest large ships afloat and could evade U-boats. But in the Pacific, you're certainly correct. As for Soviet production, they had to produce more armaments because they kept LOSING tremendous quantities of them. But the majority of trucks supplying the Soviet army were US made. Approximately 22.800 AFVs were sent to the Soviet Union between June 22nd of 1941 to 30th of April 1944, and almost 2.000 of these were lost at sea. In addition, the Russians got about 351.700 trucks and 78.000 Jeeps from the USA. With this the Red Army became more movable as mobility increased. During 1941, 487 Matilda, Valentine and Tetrarch tanks were received from Great Britain, and 182 M3A1 "Stuart", and M3 Lee medium tanks were received from the USA. In 1942, a further 2.487 tanks were received from the UK, and 3.023 tanks from the USA. The first units equipped with Valentines and Matilda IIs fought in the Staraya Russia and Valdai areas in the winter of 1941/42. Usually tank units were allotted a single type of Lend-Lease tanks to simplify logistics. An example was the 38th Tank Brigade which in 1942 had 30 Matilda II tanks, and 16 T-60 light tanks. In 1944 and 1945, the American M4A2 were the highest appreciated Lend/Lease tank, and some tank corps and mechanized corps were entirely equipped with this type. In early 1945 the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps were equipped with Shermans in all of its tank units. axishistory.com And as you assert with regard to the US naval contribution, those hundreds of thousands of US made trucks enable Russian soldiers to arrive at the battlefield, as well as be supplied. Hawk