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Panzer Armee » Sd. Kfz. 3 a/b/c/4/5 – Gleisketten Lastkraftwagen 2t offen (Maultier) Each Maultier cost roughly 11,272 RM, while the basic truck is about 3000 RM. Much cheaper.

Does any one know how much armor was invested in bomber construction He 111 He 177 etc What about dive bombers Ju-87 etc?

U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey: Motor Vehicle Industry Report Shows 1943-44 figures Zg tractors for towing light flak and artillery 1 ton + 3 ton 5 ton 1943 1 ton 5755 [+ 2895 SPW 250] 3 ton 6731 [+ 4258 SPW 251] 5 ton 569 1944 1 ton 2527[+ 1701 SPW 250] 3 ton 9280 [+ 7785 SPW 251] 5 ton 746...

Smaller artillery like PaK 40 and Le How 105 could also be towed by the Maultier 1/2 track truck. The production was several times the Zg tractors production -which were too expensive to fill such a role. Anyway I will have to search elsewhere to find out the armor needs of the LW.

I would guess that scrapping a warship that big would probably take years , before the steel could be recycled?

The only 105mm Howitzers that needed towing tractors where in the motorized/Panzer divisions, which would account for only ⅓ of that production number. As it was the Panzer Divisions were replacing their towed howitzers with “Wespe”, which reduces that amount to about ¼ of the total mentioned.

Lets say for now. In 1943 they build 10900 fighters 4600 bombers plus 3300 fighter bombers. IN addition about 1000 transports and 250 sea planes. 10600 fighters @ 200kg armor each. 4600 bombers @ 1000kg armor each. 3300 fighter bombers @ ~ 500kg armor each. That's roughly a need for 8400...

Its true that very little armored steel was used per fighter, but then if you plan to produce 10,000 per year- it adds up. Bombers must have used more than a ton per plane, which would also add up.

Did German prewar warplane designs feature armored plate? How much armor was on such planes? As the war progressed - was the LW pressured into using less armor steel, so the HEER could get more armor vehicles?

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Iron sky on Youtube. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OsvAYGoaXU Enjoy; its good and funny.

You misunderstand me. The Chancellor of the Exchequer told HMG that Rearmament could not continue at the pace it was in the late 1930s, without emergency powers to pay for further the buildup. Otherwise they would have to cut back , just at the wrong time. The German invasion of Poland gave them...

Wars are never about right and wrong, and almost always about strategic interests. The Right and Wrong is to mobilize the population to die for the cause. Britain and France became great powers by virtue of centuries of imperialistic aggression around the world. The last thing they wanted was...

Its kind of odd to argue about a documentry when you've never even seen it?

The doc was good and showed the lengths the Admiralty was willing to go to pinch the material needed. It does look like the orders came from the top and were designed to get the enigma material they needed. But key to any such op was to make it look like 'the pinch' was just a lucky...