Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 153 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended by Far East Air Forces, 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 1943 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)

Total

          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 4,792 326 2,345 2,116 5
50 caliber 103,832 982 11,186 39,481 52,183
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 1,215 13 133 344 725
37 millimeter 106 - 16 90 -
75 millimeter 16 - 12 4 -
           
Rockets 1,060 - - - 1,060
           
Heavy Bomber          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 401 35 245 117 4
50 caliber 9,160 133 1,977 4,413 2,637
Cannon          
20 millimeter 1 - 1 - -
           
Medium &
Light Bomber		          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 2,950 122 1,634 1,193 1
50 caliber 62,032 221 6,756 24,393 30,662
Cannon          
20 millimeter 5 - 4 1 -
75 millimeter 16 - 12 4 -
           
Rockets 978 - - - 978
           
Fighter          
Machine Gun          
30 caliber 1,441 169 466 806 -
50 caliber 32,640 628 2,453 10,675 18,884
           
Cannon          
20 millimeter 1,209 13 128 343 725
37 millimeter 106 - 16 90 -
           
Rockets 82 - - - 82