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allocation of raw materials as of July 1939 would permit production of less than 37 million. Instead of 650,000 3.7 centimetre anti-tank rounds per month, German industry would produce 39,000. Instead of 450,000 shells per month for light howitzers, German industry would produce 56,300. Figure 11 summarizes the future of German ammunition production, as it was presented to Hitler by the army staff in the summer of 1939.
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
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