Lend Lease

[crazyivan1970]

Interesting.. What is the source of those numbers Uther? Not questioning anything, role of lendlease was greatly reduced by soviet sources...

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by crazyivan1970

Interesting.. What is the source of those numbers Uther? Not questioning anything, role of lendlease was greatly reduced by soviet sources...

Just for you Ivan,I got the story here.Not sure if its true or not.
http://www.theeasternfront.co.uk/lendlease.htm

[FPSOlkor]

It was posted at least a dosen times before:
http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/documents/index.htm
See for the numbers there

[venny1962]

hey all! here's a good link on the subject with some good interviews & restoration projects of found a/c's.

http://www.lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/index.htm

[Al Schlageter]

Didn't Soviet tanks crews not think there were in a Rolls-Royce or even a Bentley when compared to their own tanks?

On LL.

Total Cargo shipped from the Western Hemisphere to the Soviet Union

Total 17,499,861 tons

1941 360,778 - 2%
1942 2,453,097 - 14% - 16% of total
1943 4,794,545 - 27% - 43% of total
1944 6,217,622 - 35% - 78% of total
1945 3,673,819 - 21% - 100% of total

[FPSOlkor]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

Didn't Soviet tanks crews not think there were in a Rolls-Royce or even a Bentley when compared to their own tanks?

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...esov/index.htm
"Differences? Everything was different! The first thing you noticed was the luxury of the aircraft. It was really pleasant to fly in one of those, the luxury still was somewhat unnecessary. "
There is no difference if you will burn alive with comfort or without it, but all the luxury meant added weight and increased size = easier target + a lot of extra things to burn.

[Al Schlageter]

It also meant that one would become less exhausted. being tired = mistakes = dead

Lets look a some data:

M4A2
weight - 31800kg
height - 2.74m

T-34/85
weight - 32000kg
height - 2.72m

Not much difference.

Note that the M4A2 was diesel powered. The Soviets received some 4,102.

Shermans faired no better than what the T-34 did and were certainly more reliable.

[SlipBall]

I was the number 5 responder.....and affirmed "interesting"

[JG52Uther]

Does anyone have any other figures to dispute the ones here?

[MB_Avro_UK]

I welcome topics such as this! This sim started on the Eastern Front and opened my eyes to the size and complexity of this aspect of WW2.

Probably because of the Cold War, the west has ignored or neglected the Eastern Front. The scale of this conflict was far,far greater than the war in the West IMO.

From the posted figures I was amazed at the numbers of Hurricanes that formed part of Lend Lease.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.