Help: Canadian WWII artillery terminology

[Crewman]

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Mark – thanks

Rob – thanks

Waycool – thanks


The document I mentioned at the beginning is very interesting. I bought it because Canadian Maj.-Gen. George Kitching in his every one memoir imputes Polish 1st Armoured Division extremely high consumption of the artillery and tank ammunition, poor logistics system and general disorganization. He suggests that the Polish artillery and tankers consumed the ammo over all possible limits. I wanted to know what these limits were both for the Canadian 4th Armored Div. and for its Polish partner. Sometimes I understand general Kitching, sometimes not. The Canadian 4th had more than twice as much ammo limits as the Poles had but the tasks for both divisions in the Totalize were almost identical.

For example:

4th had the following allotments for divisional 25-pounders (HE ammo category):
▪ In support of attack – 400 rpg
▪ CB – 50 rpg
▪ On call – 200 rpg

4th had the following allotments for divisional 105mm guns:
▪ In support of attack – 400 rpg
▪ CB – 50 rpg
▪ On call – 200 rpg

Polish 1st had only the following allotments for divisional 25-pounders (HE ammo category):
▪ In support of attack – 200 rpg
▪ On call – 400 rpg


Best regards

C.