Looking at comparative GDP numbers the Soviet Union reached a low of about half of Germany alone (not including Austria) and staged a small recovery in 1943 before seriously recovering in 1944 and then dropping down again in 1945.
Military production during World War II - Wikipedia, the free...
Oil shale in Estonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1938 Estonia produced 181,000 tons of shale oil. German firms were the largest producers.
1980 Estonia produced 31 million tons of shale oil.
Appears to me 1930s Germany missed a great opportunity to solve their oil shortage. Offer...
Bernard Fall's book on Dien Bien Phu (Hell in a very small place) has made me realize what a game changer the C-119 transport aircraft was. French forces employed both C-119s and C-47s to supply the fortified outpost.
C-47 dropped about 3 tons of cargo but required about 10 passes over drop...
An other episode...
this way i do only a thread for the 3 field categories (light, medium, heavy)
common requiremnt is ever actual combat in WW2
categories requirements
light field: weight until 2.5 tons, range almost 12 km
medium field: weight until 5 tons, range almost 14 km
heavy field...
This is the third part, unluckily for you all is not the last ;)
requirements
fired in combat in WW2
range 12 km
weight max 7.5-8 tons (i thinked 7.5, the triple of 2.5 limit used in the light challenge but i don't want that some howitzer is out for a few hundreds kilos) (all the howitzer...