[ARC5] BC-611 Production numbers

[Tim]

Thanks Clare - That's the one.  An interesting Rabbit Hole to go down.  A
tidbit:  we produced over 25 *Billion* rounds of 30-06 ammo....

Tim
N6CC

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 1:34 PM Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:

> The file is at:
>
>
> http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Stats/USA_in_WW2_Stats-Procure_9-APR-52.PDF
>
> Clare
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 3:12 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Chief of Military History published a procurement and statistics
>> document in 1952 detailing WWII procurements for the US Army.  It shows
>> 206,753 SCR-536 radio sets procured from 1940-1945 inclusive...It did not
>> detail the manufacturer(s).  It may take a little digging in a search
>> engine to find it, sorry I don't have a good link...:
>>
>> *The United States Army WWII Statistics and Procurement*, Crawford,
>> Cook, Office of The Chief of Military History, 9 April 1952
>>
>> Tim
>> N6CC
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:47 AM <k2cby at optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>> While it is certainly possible to conclude that the units were numbered
>>> serially, starting from 00001, it seems more likely that, to avoid
>>> duplicating serial numbers, one contractor started from 20,000 and the
>>> other from 30,000.
>>>
>>>
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