heliodorus04
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Studies showed most ground battle casualties were due to arty, most of that being mortars.
At least one source contests that:
"The German 10.5cm le FH 18 howitzer does however have one truly remarkable claim to fame. This is that it almost certainly inflicted more military casualties than any other singular weapon system in human history!"
"This is because the Soviet-German war from 1941 to 1945 was easily the most costly military campaign in history, with the Soviets suffering considerably more military casualties than the rest of the WWII combatants combined (and far more than all the casualties sustained from WWII). At the same time it has been shown that during WWII the large majority of military casualties were inflicted by artillery, and the most common German howitzer fielded during the conflict was the 10.5cm le FH 18/18M; the backbone of the Wehrmacht’s field artillery. Hence without even considering the Western Allied casualties during WWII, the 10.5cm le FH 18 howitzer easily inflicted more military casualties than any other weapon system ever built."
That's one to ponder for a long while... I can think of no argument in favor of another weapon system.
I wonder if the Krupp 88mm might rank in close to that given its lethality. I'd have to compare their production numbers and shell throughput, and I'm definitely far too lazy to bother with that, so I'll go back to pondering.
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