Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 150 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane and By Type of Ammunition: 1942 to 1945

(Machine gun and cannon ammunition in thousands of rounds)
Type of Airplane and Type of Ammunition Grand
Total		 1942
(Aug-Dec)		 1943 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)

Total

          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 750 53 616 23 58
50 caliber 195,419 1,660 27,964 104,444 61,351
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 1,092 3 20 802 267
           
Rockets 17,070 - - 2,436 14,634
           
Heavy Bomber          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 653 53 598 2 -
50 caliber 76,887 1,660 26,101 40,123 9,003
           
Medium &
Light Bomber		          
Machine Gun          
50 caliber 6,824 - 598 4,595 1,631
           
Fighter          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 97 - 18 21 58
50 caliber 111,708 - 1,265 59,726 50,717
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 1,092 3 20 802 267
           
Rockets 17,070 - - 2,436 14,634