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 AMMUNITION SUPPLY OF THE PRINCIPAL ARMIES OF THE WORLD.

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==+======+=======+=================+======+=======++===================++================++====================++=========================++==============+=============== Country ||       |      |Weight |                 |Weight| Weight||                   ||                || Number of rounds   ||                         ||              | || Year of|Cali- | of   |  System of      |  of  |   of  || Number of rounds  ||   Ammunition   || carried by ammution||   Supply     |   Supply Country|| constr-| ber.|cart-  |  loading. | clip.| clip || carried by a man. ||    wagons. || ammunition wagons. ||  Reserve supply. || available in | available in      || uction.|      | ridge.|                 |      |filled.||             Weight||                ||             No. per||                         ||  a division. | an army corps. ||       |  mm. |   g.  |                 |  g.  |   g.  ||   No. kg. ||               ||     No. rifle. ||                        ||              | -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-       ||  1905  |      |       |Mag. in rear of |      |       ||   150       |     ||4 Company       ||              |     ||Each of the 84 am. wagons||    150      |     150  << GERMANY||       | 7.9  | 27.19 |barrel, loaded   |  7   | 126   ||N. C. O.  45|4.5  ||ammunition      ||    14,400    |  77 ||of the 4 inf. am. columns||     77      |      77 ||  S.   |      |       |with clip holding|      |       ||Trumpeter  90|     || wagons. ||             |     ||of an army corps,        ||     —-      |     144 ||       |      |       |5 cartridges. |     |       ||Drummer    30|     ||                ||              |     ||carries 23,000 rounds or ||     227      |     —- ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||144 per rifle. ||             |     361 -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-       ||        |      |       |Mag. in rear of | Frame|       ||             |     ||4 Company       ||              |     ||Each division has one    ||16 battalions | AUSTRIA|| 1895  | 8. | 28.35 |barrel, loaded  | 16.5 | 158.25||    120      |4.31 ||ammunition      ||     9,460    | 47.3||div. am. park of 30 am. ||of 800 rifiles| 3 divisions ||       |      |       |with frame       |      |       ||N. C. O. 40 |     ||wagons. ||             |     ||wagons, which carry      ||each. 120    |      224       ||        |      |       |holding          |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||769,500 rounds or 57 per ||       47.3   |       18 ||       |      |       |5 cartridges. |     |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||rifle. ||      57     |      —-       ||        |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||The corps am. park same ||      —-     |about 242 ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||strength as a div. park. ||     224.    | -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-+-       ||  1891  |      |       |Mag. in rear of |      |       ||    162      |     ||Infantry of the line,           |     ||In the 3rd section of the||      |       |Inf. of the ITALY ||Carcan- | 6.5  |  22. |barrel, loaded  | 12   |  138  ||Sergt. and  |3.736 ||in field train                 |  24 ||am. column, 40 rounds   ||Line: |Alpini |line: 163 || Mann- |      |       |with frame       |      |       ||Trumpeter 126|     ||                                |     ||per rifle;               ||  162 |  162  |       24 || licher.|     |       |holding          |      |       ||Inf. |    ||Alpini,                         |     ||In the Arty, park of the ||   24 |  244  |       40 ||       |      |       |6 cartridges. |     |       || Pioneers 108|     ||on pack animals and on carts    | 244 ||army corps, 45 rounds    ||   40 |   90  |       45 ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||per rifle;               ||  —- |  —-  |      —- ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||In the Alpini am. column,|| 226 |  496  |      271 ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||90 rounds per rifle. ||     |       | -++++-+-++-++-+-+++-++-+++-+-       ||  1908  |      |       |Mag. in rear of | Clip |       ||             |     ||8 Pack animals                  |     ||In the division am. ||     115     | 400 rounds ENGLAND|| Lee-  | 7.71 | 27.5  |barrel, loaded   | 12.5 | 150   ||    115      |3.48 ||8 Ammunition wagons             | 250 ||column, 125 rounds       ||      250     | per 1,000 ||Enfield.|     |       |with clip holding|      |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||per rifle. ||     125     | rifles. ||       |      |       |5 cartridges. |     |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||                         ||      —-     |       ||        |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                                |     ||                         ||      490     | -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-       ||1886-98,|      |       |Mag. under bar- |      |       ||             |     ||4 Company       ||    16,384    |     ||In the corps am. park:  ||      120     | FRANCE || 1905  | 8. | 29.  |rel, cartridges  |  —  |   —  ||    120      |3.48 ||ammunition      ||      or      |  82 || Ist echelon        44.2 ||       82     |     110 ||  D    |      |       |loaded singly. |     |       ||N. C. O.  56|     ||wagons. ||  19,000  |     ||IInd echelon        66.2 ||      —-     |     —- || Lebel. |     |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||                         ||      202     |     312 -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-       ||  1891  |      |       |Mag. in rear of |      |       ||             |     ||24 am. carts:  ||In each of the|     ||In the light Arty. ||     120     | RUSSIA-|| (Three | 7.62 | 25.812|barrel, loaded   |  9.6 | 137   ||    120      |3.38 ||1st                                                                                            echelon,    || 8 1-horse    |     ||park                  81 ||       66     |     267    ||  line  |      |       |with clip holding|      |       ||             |     ||8 1-horse carts || carts 6000   | =36 ||In the reserve park  164 ||       81     |     164       || rifle).|      |       |5 cartridges. |     |       ||             |     ||IInd echelon,   ||In each of the| =30 ||                     —- ||      —-     |     —- ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||16 2-horse carts||16 2-horse    | —- ||                     245 ||      267     |     431 ||       |      |       |                 |      |       ||             |     ||                || carts 14,400 |  66 ||                         ||              | -++++-+-++-++-+-+++++-++-+++-      ||  1897  |      |       |Mag. in rear of |      |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||                         ||              | JAPAN- ||Arisaka | 6.50 | 22.4 |barrel, loaded   |  8.5 | 120   ||    120      |2.9  ||Each company    ||    16,000    |  80 ||                     ||          | [D]   ||(Meidji |      |       |with clip holding|      |       ||             |     ||has one cart.   ||              |     ||                         ||              |       ||    80).|      |       |5 cartridges. |     |       ||             |     ||                ||              |     ||                         ||              |