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ORIGINAL: castor troy thought the Wehrmacht had better guns I'm not the data guru that others here are, but I can tell ya Germany had some of the best direct fire weapons of the war. However the U.S. had the edge in indirect fire, stemming all the way back to the end of the Civil War and leading all the way through today I'd agree. Germany's indirect weapons were mostly mostly remakes of World War I artillery pieces, which were re-designed and first produced in the early to mid-30's, and I believe most of the re-design was in the carriages to take advantage of better available materials. I believe Germany was one of the first armies to use widespread organic gun artillery (75mm and up) at the sub-regiment level, though. With the US's delayed entry to the war and lack of armament buildup until the very end, much of their artillery was designed/re-designed in the very late-30's/early 40's. The US also had excellent indirect ammunition, some of the best in the world. Another huge advantage of the US was that all of its artillery was self-propelled or motorized. Germany had self-propelled artillery, but never enough. And it's towed artillery was typically horse-drawn. I am not sure of the quality of the Russian artillery, but they sure had a lot of it!!!
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