If it was enough,this means that more was not needed.BDV wrote:Reserves explain why it was enough (given the fast and light approach to Ostfront) not that more was not needed.ljadw wrote:The ammunition consumption in may/june 1940 was lower than expected,resulting in considerable reserves,which means that there was no need for big increases for the ammunition production for Barbarossa which wa scheduled to be won in less than 10 weeks,and in the summer of 1941,there were NO ammunition shortages on the eastern front :alles was going well,except for the little derail that the SU had not the grace to succomb.
Between BoB, Blitz, the uptick in the Battle of Atlantic, Barbarossa preparation, execution, and derailment, the need to arm the other Axis nations, building stockpiles for the Atlantikwall, Maritza, Afrikakorps, etc.etc.etc. there were plenty of reasons ammo production SHOULD have increased from 1940 and 1941. The fact it could not, would go a long way in explaining the German reluctance of getting into a slugfest with the Russians, relying instead on the "deep armored strikes" so poorly fit to the realities of the Soviet battlefield. And would also point why an even sooner attack in the East was preferable.
Explain the plenty of reasons ammo production should have increased
Prove the fact that it could not
Besides,more ammo production does not mean that more ammo would be available on the front