Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 151 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended in Mediterranean 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
(Jun-Dec)		 1943 1944 1945
(Jan-May)

Total

          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 1,012 8 247 730 27
50 caliber 89,507 1,439 17,652 50,699 19,717
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 819 13 230 432 144
37 millimeter 13 - 6 7 -
75 millimeter 4 - 2 2 -
           
Rockets 36,847 - - 8,815 28,032
           
Heavy Bomber          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 17 4 13 - -
50 caliber 37,679 943 7,659 24,130 4,947
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 4 - - 4 -
           
Medium &
Light Bomber		          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 165 4 99 48 14
50 caliber 6,620 92 2,702 2,751 1,075
           
Cannon          
75 millimeter 3 - 1 2 -
           
Fighter          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 830 - 135 682 13
50 caliber 45,208 404 7,291 23,818 13,695
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 815 13 230 428 144
37 millimeter 13 - 6 7 -
75 millimeter 1 - 1 - -
           
Rockets 36,847 - - 8,815 28,032