Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 155 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended in Alaska, By Type of Airplane and By Type of Ammunition: 1942 to 1945
(in thousands of rounds)
| Type of Airplane and Type of Ammunition | Grand Total |
1942 (Mar-Dec) |
1943 | 1944 | 1945 (Jan-Aug) |
|
Total |
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| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 160 | 28 | 132 | - | - |
| 50 caliber | 1,723 | 248 | 1,117 | 107 | 251 |
| Cannon | |||||
| 20 millimeter | 54 | 7 | 47 | - | - |
| 37 millimeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Heavy Bomber | |||||
| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 46 | 17 | 29 | - | - |
| 50 caliber | 531 | 156 | 250 | 27 | 98 |
| Medium & Light Bomber |
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| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 21 | 2 | 19 | - | - |
| 50 caliber | 382 | 14 | 135 | 80 | 153 |
| Fighter | |||||
| Machine Gun | |||||
| 30 caliber | 93 | 9 | 84 | - | - |
| 50 caliber | 810 | 78 | 732 | - | - |
| Cannon | |||||
| 20 millimeter | 54 | 7 | 47 | - | - |
| 37 millimeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
