Okay, it has been pointed out that the percentages are not for total military production but for "percentage distributions of production of weapons (and ammunition).
So throughout the period 1939-45 from14%-30% of all weapons distributed went to anti-aircraft. That's for Army,Air Force,Navy,AA. Was there any other major recipient of military production?
You are splitting hairs and playing with semantics. I originally posted from notes as I'm not in the habit of reading through an entire volume of the "Us Bus" (USSBS) before I post (and my page reference was wrong,it should be 284).
The fact remains that,as I originally said,around a quarter of all the weapons produced went to the anti aircraft arm throughout the war. If you still think that that is an insignificant effort then you are free to do so.
I believe that is an extremely significant amount of production capacity which might have been utilised for other purposes had the Anglo/American aerial onslaught not have been undertaken.
I haven't checked your link but just to keep everyone happy my "paper" version,for which I have fought my way past our Christmas tree, gives the source of the figures as the "Indexziffern der Deutschen Rustungsendfertigung". I'll allow you guys to work out what that is.
I'm still waiting for properly sourced alternative figures from someone else. .
Steve
So throughout the period 1939-45 from14%-30% of all weapons distributed went to anti-aircraft. That's for Army,Air Force,Navy,AA. Was there any other major recipient of military production?
You are splitting hairs and playing with semantics. I originally posted from notes as I'm not in the habit of reading through an entire volume of the "Us Bus" (USSBS) before I post (and my page reference was wrong,it should be 284).
The fact remains that,as I originally said,around a quarter of all the weapons produced went to the anti aircraft arm throughout the war. If you still think that that is an insignificant effort then you are free to do so.
I believe that is an extremely significant amount of production capacity which might have been utilised for other purposes had the Anglo/American aerial onslaught not have been undertaken.
I haven't checked your link but just to keep everyone happy my "paper" version,for which I have fought my way past our Christmas tree, gives the source of the figures as the "Indexziffern der Deutschen Rustungsendfertigung". I'll allow you guys to work out what that is.
I'm still waiting for properly sourced alternative figures from someone else. .
Steve