they used rifles, shotguns, helmets to cover their heads, and alot of pistols
no
Small arms, machine guns, mortars, artillery, mines.
400000
they spent it
See: Wikipedia World War II Casualties.
407,300 military & 11,200 civilians
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
12 weeks of PT and rifle range
About 40,400 deaths in all services.
they were used to help the solders attack the Germans from the air and if the plane was going to crash they would use them to save themselves.
I could be wrong but I think it was 42 000.
In Britain in World War 2 tea was available but rationed.