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Major General
The plenty of 18pdrs is a myth. Most of the WW I 18pdrs were worn out and scrapped. The late 1918-19-20 production had the newer, better carriages but most of them were rebuilt into 18/25pdrs. The article linked to by EwenS shows the general situation. There were some guns the US sent over, 75mm Field guns.
That said The invading Germans were going to have an artillery shortage of their own. Getting enough guns (and their horses) ashore in the first few days to match the number of riflemen was going to be a little hard. And guns are useless without ammo and even in WW I some guns were firing 3-400 rounds per day. 75-77mm field guns could shoot up several tons of ammo per day each.
To get on topic a little. The goal for the Germans in this Invade Britain First strategy is that the British are a constantly moving target.
Size of the British army was changing a lot, the size of the British navy was changing.
If the Germans devote too much steel, and engines for powered landing craft prior to launching the war in the west, how does that affect the ability to take over Belgium and Holland quickly to gain control the the areas needed to launch the invasion.
Or the Germans build up the invasion fleet over the winter and attack the next spring but then the British have rebuilt.
That said The invading Germans were going to have an artillery shortage of their own. Getting enough guns (and their horses) ashore in the first few days to match the number of riflemen was going to be a little hard. And guns are useless without ammo and even in WW I some guns were firing 3-400 rounds per day. 75-77mm field guns could shoot up several tons of ammo per day each.
To get on topic a little. The goal for the Germans in this Invade Britain First strategy is that the British are a constantly moving target.
Size of the British army was changing a lot, the size of the British navy was changing.
If the Germans devote too much steel, and engines for powered landing craft prior to launching the war in the west, how does that affect the ability to take over Belgium and Holland quickly to gain control the the areas needed to launch the invasion.
Or the Germans build up the invasion fleet over the winter and attack the next spring but then the British have rebuilt.