Ammunition Capacity

No doubt, you've seen the words "ammunition loads" in various combat journals on my blog. You may have asked yourself: how much is an ammunition load, exactly? For tanks, that's pretty easy, it's the amount of ammunition you can carry on board, but what about things like rifles and artillery? Thankfully, the 1st Tank Army has your back, having issued a useful memo on June 24th, 1943.

Ammunition for	Units issued
Sniper rifles and carbines, SVT rifles	100
Revolvers	21
TT pistols	24
PPD and PPSh	300
Light machineguns	800
DT tank machinegun	1000
Maxim or DS machinegun	3500
DA machinegun	3000
Quad Maxim AA mount	6000
12.7 mm DShK	2000
14.5 mm anti-tank rifle	120
50 and 82 mm mortars	120
26 mm signal flares	110
120 mm mortars	80
20 mm ShVAK	750
37 mm mod. 1939 AA gun	200
45 and 57 mm guns	200
Regimental or divisional 76 mm gun	140
85 mm mod. 1939 AA gun	150
122 mm mod. 1930/38 howitzer	80
122 mm mod. 1931/37 howitzer	80
107 mm gun	80
152 mm mod. 1930/38 gun	60
152 mm mod. 1937 field howitzer	60

Tank armament

T-34 

76 mm cannon	100
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT (2)	3600
Hand grenades	25
26 mm signal flares	20

T-70

45 mm cannon	90
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT (1)	1000
Hand grenades	15
26 mm signal flares	15

T-60

20 mm ShVAK	750
Rifle caliber ammunition for DT	1000
Hand grenades	20
26 mm signal flares	15

Via Rostislav DDD