1 February 1944

1 February 1944 Channel Islands ammunition fuel and ration holdings

Editorial note: The chart and accompanying translation report different fuel scopes or totals from the depot stock list. Their figures are retained separately and have not been reconciled.

[PDF page 932] Seventh Army, position on 1 February 1944. Army High Command/Quartermaster General blocked stocks held in the Army area: 150 tonnes of ammunition; fuel and ration fields blank. In addition, 2,211 cubic metres of fuel are held as an Armed Forces High Command blocked stock (Führer reserve).

Ammunition. Vertical scale: units of issue. Three panels: Channel Islands; coastal defence; other troops. Categories: pistols/rifles; submachine guns/machine guns; antitank guns/tank guns; antiaircraft guns; heavy infantry weapons; artillery/rocket projectors; artillery in coastal protection. The plotted figures and hatching are preserved in the original chart. Channel Islands annotated issue levels, read left to right: 4.0/4.5; 2.4/7.9; 6.4/7.7; 9.6; 5.6/6.5/5.8; 6.0/0.9; 5.8/4.0; 6.5/9.5. Coastal defence: 1.7/2.2; 2.1/3.3; 3.4/5.8; 6.9/6.1; 2.2/1.6; 2.5/0.6; 4.9/6.4; 4.9/6.4. Other troops: 0.8/1.2; 0.9/1.2; 1.7/2.9; 3.4/3.1; 1.1/0.8; 1.2/0.3; 2.5/3.2. [Some very faint weapon counts are not securely legible; consult embedded chart.]

Notes: 1. Rifle grenade launchers are included under heavy infantry weapons; Granatbüchse 39 under antitank guns. 2. Units of issue were calculated from authorised weapon strengths; for antitank guns, tank guns and static weapons, from actual holdings. 3. Weapon totals include Army-type weapons of the Navy and Luftwaffe employed in coastal protection. 4. Army ammunition depot stocks were divided equally between “coastal defence” and “other troops”.

Fuel, vertical scale consumption units: Channel Islands 485 cubic metres, about 7 units; reserve panzer division 336 cubic metres, about 3.5 units; infantry division 242 cubic metres, about 3 units. Rations: daily rations/daily fodder rations; solid outline daily food ration, broken outline hard fodder, dot-dash outline rough fodder. Channel Islands approximately 90 days, coastal defence 55 days, other troops 10 days. Detailed stocks: A vegetables 60 days; B fresh meat and livestock 10; C canned meat and preserved foods for midday meal 45; D canned meat and preserved foods for evening meal 20; E evening rations excluding meat and sausage 26; F fat 41; G bread/baking material 84; H hard fodder including concentrated feed 81; I rough fodder 46. A–G combined average 60 days.

T-312 Roll 1570 — Original source image from PDF page 932. Channel Islands ammunition fuel and ration holdings. Original image; enlarge in Word to inspect fine detail.

T-312 Roll 1570, Seventh Army records. Supplied English translation T312_R1570_English_Translation.docx. PDF page 932. Selected island-related extract; PDF page numbers refer to the source reel as numbered in the supplied translation.