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Until additional information becomes available, some examples follow: Four F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter bomber squadrons, consisting of about 88 jets, from the Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, and New York Air National Guard deployed for ONE year in Vietnam. During that ONE year those 88 jets (14 Supre Sabres were destroyed and 8 men killed) fired more than 4 million 20mm cannon shells. The USAF had over 500 Super Sabres in country. Add the remaining 400 Super Sabre 20mm expenditures; from 1961 until 1971. Plus the ammo expenditures from the F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dart, F-104 Starfighter, F-105 thunderchief, A-1 Skyraider, A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair II, F-8 Crusader, F-4 Phantom, two tail gunners on B-52s shot down two MiG-21s with .50 caliber gunfire. The standard US Army M113 ACAV carried nearly 10,000 rounds of M60 ammunition and .50 caliber ammo. 100 rds per fifty can, and 200 rounds per M60 mg box. There were usually about 16 tracks (M113s) per company. That's 150,000 rds per company. This doesn't count the M16 ammo (.223). There were three companies per battalion. Rounded off, easily, half a million machine gun rounds per battalion. Those rounds were either expended or rotated out every 30 to 60 to 90 days, due to weather ruining the rounds or fired. Rotated out, destroyed (blown in place). There were over 20 Armored Cavalry and Mechanized Battalions in Vietnam, plus the US Marines. .50 caliber, 223 (5.56mm), 308 (7.62mm), and 20mm from the late 1950s to 1973 will most likely be in the BILLIONS. However, it must be noted, that the vast majority of ammunition in a war zone is BLOWN UP when no longer serviceable, or in the case of Vietnam, was OFTEN blown up by enemy "Sappers." Sappers were commandos that worked their way (thru the wire) into firebases and large bases and blew up ammo and fuel supplies with satchel charges. One more example: During WWII approximately 86 million rounds of .50 caliber ammo was expended. However, one must keep in mind that this ammunition (unless flown) was shipped on merchant ships across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; many were sunk by submarines. So a portion of those .50 rounds were NOT fired, just lost. But they count as expenditures for WWII.
What else can I help you with?
What was an Ammunition shelf used for in World War 1?
Ammunition shelf's were where the soldiers kept their ammunition and guns.
Year by year how much money was spent by the US in the Vietnam War?
Begin with websites: Statistics about the Vietnam War & Vietnam War Time-Line
Was the P-51 Mustang used in the Vietnam was?
The Mustang was not deployed in Vietnam. It was used in the Korean war.
Who used the tunnels in the Vietnam War?
The need to move under ground commenced when the need to move safely and with stealth was needed. US forces used air power extensively. Underground systems provide physical safety and unseen movements from aircraft.
How much does World War 2 mortar ammunition weigh?
3 hands weight =]
What was used in the Vietnam war?
The M16 was first used in the Vietnam War. It was a completely new weapon with a new caliber of ammunition. It was lighter and more deadly than its predecessors.
What weapon was not used in the Vietnam war?
Nuclear weapons were not used in the Vietnam War.
How much did the Vietnam War cost for South Vietnam?
See: Vietnam war statistics
How much small arms ammunition was used by the united states during World War II?
800,000,000
How much conscription was used in the Vietnam War?
40,000 men a month in 1968.
What was an Ammunition shelf used for in World War 1?
Ammunition shelf's were where the soldiers kept their ammunition and guns.
What weapon was not used in Vietnam during the war?
Nuclear weapons were not used during the Vietnam war
What was used to kill people in the Vietnam war?
Napalm bombs were used in the Vietnam War and killed a lot of people.
Year by year how much money was spent by the US in the Vietnam War?
Begin with websites: Statistics about the Vietnam War & Vietnam War Time-Line
What was the legacy of the Vietnam war?
The American losses in Vietnam spanned from its first casualties in 1959 to end game 1975. Regardless of the War's conclusion at the Paris Peace Talks shadows of the conflict continue with tons of unexploded ammunition (UXO) spread across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
When was the Vietnam war occurred?
The most commonly used dates for the Vietnam War are 1959 - 1975.
Fighing tactics used in Vietnam war?
Vietnam War: Find'em & Kill'em (Search & Destroy).
