"The Soviets and the Germans expended an extraordinary amount of ammunition. Between 10 January and 2 February 1943, the Don Front fired some 24 million rifle and machine gun rounds, 911,000 artillery shells (up to 152mm) and 990,000 mortar shells. The 6th Army in September 1942 expended 23,035,863 rifle and machine gun rounds, 575,828 anti tank shells, 116,932 infantry cannon shells and 752,747 mortar shells. It deployed 14,932 mines and its soldiers expended 178,066 hand grenades." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2002/MOUTLewis.htm
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