Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 154 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended in China & India-Burma, 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 (Feb-Dec) |
1943 | 1944 | 1945 (Jan-Aug) |
|
Total |
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| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 198 | 4 | 157 | 37 | - |
| 50 caliber | 35,919 | 170 | 3,305 | 17,917 | 14,527 |
| Cannon | |||||
| 20 millimeter | 269 | - | 7 | 71 | 191 |
| 75 millimeter | 5 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Rockets | 4,129 | - | 68 | 1,993 | 2,068 |
| Heavy Bomber | |||||
| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 105 | 4 | 101 | - | - |
| 50 caliber | 2,214 | 51 | 950 | 635 | 578 |
| Medium & Light Bomber |
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| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 91 | - | 56 | 35 | - |
| 50 caliber | 5,389 | 5 | 290 | 2,270 | 2,824 |
| Cannon | |||||
| 75 millimeter | 5 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Fighter | |||||
| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| 50 caliber | 28,316 | 114 | 2,065 | 15,012 | 11,125 |
| Cannon | |||||
| 20 millimeter | 269 | - | 7 | 71 | 191 |
| Rockets | 4,011 | - | - | 1,943 | 2,068 |
