Stalin's Organ Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 I notice that Valentines with 2 pdrs get HE ammo - I'd always thought one of the things that brassed the Russians off about these was the absence of 2 pdr HE for them. In the west HE for 2 pdrs was only issued in hte Pacific AFAIK - to the Australian AT regiment in Malaya in 1941/42, and to Australian Matildas and New Zealand Valentines - the tank ammo was "locally" manufactured, while the AT gun ammo was issued because the official doctrine was there would be no tanks in the Malayan jungle so the guns would be providing fire support for infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone_Vulture Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 I sort of recall that early British armored warfare doctrine didn't include HE shells for the low-caliber guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Research done by a member of the beta team indicated very large amounts of HE ammo shipped to the Soviet Union from 1942 onwards, IIRC. Why that HE ammo did not show in Europe/Africa, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone_Vulture Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 I'd be interested to know where the HE munitions were produced, and under who's command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Originally posted by Bone_Vulture: I'd be interested to know where the HE munitions were produced, and under who's command.Well, it sounded as if they were shipped from the UK. Been a while though that we discussed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammenwerfer Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 stalins org- Are you sure it was the 2pnd and not the 6pnd you saw? btw did the Russians receive any of the Close support versions of the Matilda? [ December 26, 2002, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: Flammenwerfer ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 Yes it was the 2 pdr - 40mm L52. I'd be interested in the info about the 2 pdr HE shipped to the USSR too if anyone can remember it. I don't know whether any Matilda CS's were supplied to the USSR. Spoiler alert: . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. The Valentines are in the CD scenario Approach to Sevastopol - Valentine IV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang_Otto Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Shipping went America to Britan to Russia. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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