Small Arms Ammunition Consumption

[GregO]

Does anyone know what the split of SAA consumption was between machine guns and the infantry (ie Lewis guns) or even how to work it out?

Can be in any unit in any year

 

Thx

Greg

[David Porter]

I have S.A.A. establishment figures for February 1916, which included grenades, and are as follows:

Brigade Ammunition Column
    S.A.A.        336,000 (96,000 for Machine Guns) x 3 = 1,008,000
    Grenades    1,380 (1 G.S. Wagon) x 3 = 4,140

Divisional Ammunition Column
    S.A.A.        820,000 (300,000 for Machine Guns)
    Grenades    1,380 (1 G.S. Wagon)

Regimental Reserve
    S.A.A.        88,000 (Rifles only) per unit
    Machine Gun    72,000 per unit
    Grenades    768 per unit
 

[GregO]

Excellent, I suspect by the end of 1917 it was somewhere around 80% of the total. This gives a good estimation of their expectations.

Many thanks.