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I found this page I created about a year and a half ago, and am not sure if the comparison of firepower is correct, nearly correct, or if I'm talking complete rubbish:
Comparative firepower: German vs. British Divisions 1917
German British
Per battalion:
LMG: 8/12/16 (MG 08/15) 16 (Lewis)
HMG: 6 (MG 08) 4 (Vickers)
Light Mortar: 4 (7.6cm)
Man-Carried Mortar: 8 (Granatenwerfer)
Per Division:
Man-Carried Mortar: 24 (3”)
Heavy Mortar: 4 (24cm) 4 (9.45”)
Medium Mortar: 8 (17cm) 12 (6”)
HMG: 6/12/18 16 (Vickers)
48 (Vickers)
Battalion assets x 9: x 12:
LMG: 72/108/144 192
HMG: 54 48
Light Mortar: 36
Man-Carried Mortar: 72
Total per Division:
LMG: 72/108/144 198
HMG: 60/66/72 64
Man-Carried Mortar: 72 24
Light Mortar: 36
Medium Mortar: 8 12
Heavy Mortar: 4 4
MG: 132/174/216 262
Mortars: 120 40
Allocating points arbitrarily:
LMG = 1
HMG = 2
Man-Carried Mortar = 3
Light Mortar = 4
Medium Mortar = 5
Heavy Mortar = 6
German divisional points total = 616/664/712
British divisional points total = 482
Food for thought!
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