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WWII; Современность;
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Пресловутые 60000 снарядов в день - это много или мало?
Вот пишут про операцию Veritable в феврале 1945 г. На фронте в десять километров за 14 часов исрасходовали 700 000 снарядов. Уничтожили 4 немецких батальона, взяли 1100 пленных, причем немецкие потери были примерно в 20 раз меньше числа немцев, попавших в плен.
The Op Veritable fireplan was arguably the most intense of the war. It opened with 1,852 guns, from 40mm Bofors to 240mm super-heavies, all firing indirect fire support onto a 10-kilometre front. In the first 14 hours close to 700,000 shells were fired.
Veritable’s fireplan included five and a half hours of preparation and counter-battery fire, at least one false start to prompt defensive fire, a vast smoke screen and a pepperpot programme where mortars, tanks, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns rotated their indirect engagement of forward strongpoints.
This was followed by the barrage, a wall of fire 4,500 metres wide and 450 metres deep, where 6,500 shells fell in every grid square every hour. As the barrage stepped forward at 25 metres a minute, it was followed by 12 British and Canadian battalions supported by 400 heavy AFVs, including Churchill infantry tanks, Sherman Flails, AVREs and flame-throwing Crocodiles. By the end of the day, the British and Canadian troops in 30 Corps had fought through seven kilometres of the forward defensive line, almost collapsed the German 84 Infantry Division, destroyed four of its battalions and taken 1,100 prisoners.
All observers agreed that the key to Veritable’s opening success was the psychological effect of the fireplan, with close to 20 prisoners for every German casualty, and the casualties on both sides below five percent.
https://wavellroom.com/2020/08/18/the-psychology-of-artillery-effectiveness-fire-support/