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The infantry tanks Valentine Mk.II |
Photogalleries: British armour Matilda American armor M4 Sherman M3A1 Scout |
British: sent received Matilda IIA* 1084 918 Valentine II/III/IV/V/IX/X 3782 (incl. 1390 VI/VII/VIIA from Canada) 3332 Valentine Bridgelayer 25 Churchill III/IV 301 253 Cromwell 6 6 Tetrarch 20 19 Universal Carrier 2560 (incl. 1348 from Canada) American: M3A1 Stuart 1676 M5A1 Stuart 5 5 M24 Chaffee 2 M2A1 (medium tank) few M3A3/M3A5 Lee/Grant 1386 M4A2 Sherman (75mm) 2007 M4A2 Sherman (76mm) 2095 M10 Wolverine 52 M18 Hellcat 5 M26 Pershing 1 M31 ARV 115 M15A1 MGMC 100 M17 MGMC 1000 T48 {Soviet name SU-57} 650 (from Britain) M2 halftrack 342 M3 halftrack 2 M5 halftrack 421 M9 halftrack 413 T16 96 M3A1 Scout 3340 LVT 5 Note: During the transfer, were lost 443 Stuarts, 417 M3 & M4, 54 halftracks, 228 Scouts, 320 Valentines, 43 Churchills, 252 Matildas, 224 Carriers. The best Lend-Lease tank - Sherman. The worst Lend-Lease tank - medium M3.
sent lost accepted American: ftrs P40B/C/E/K/M/N TomaHawk I/IIB KittyHawk III/IV/PV 2428+146 2134 (from USA + Britain) ftrs P39D/F/K/L/M/N/Q/ P400/ AiraCobra I TP39D/F/Q 4853+212 4952 (from USA + Britain) ftr P63A/C KingCobra 2397 63 ftr P47B/D/E/F/K/L/N/M/H Thunderbolt I/II 203 195 ftr P51A Mustang I 10 (from Britain) bmr DB7A/B/ Boston I/II A20A/B/C/G/K/J/Y Havoc 3075 2771 bmr B25C/D/S/G/J Mitchell 866 861 bmr B24 Liberator 1 1 trans C47/A/B Skytrain C48/A/C C49/A/H/J/K Dakota I/II/III/IV 707 707 trans C46 Commando 1 1 rcn O52 Owl 30 19 boat PBY5A/PBN1 Nomad 138 137 boat PBY3 3 boat PBY6A Catalina 48 48 boat OS2U Kingsfisher 2 2 train AT6A/B/C/D Texan 84 82 British: Spitfire (total) 1341 1338 ftr VB 143 ftr LF IX 1183 ftr HF XI 2 rcn PR IV 9? ftr LF XVI 9 ftr Hurricane IIA/B/C/D 3063 2952 (from Britain + Canada) ftr Typhoon 1 1 torp Hampden TB1 32 20 trans Albemarle I 13 12 bmr Mosquito BIV 1 1 bmr Stirling 1 1 bmr Lancaster 6 2 |
The best fighter - P39Q AiraCobra (KingCobra was better, but P63 flew only some missions against Japan) The worst fighter - Hurricane (obsoleted; the Soviets rearmed Hurricane with own good guns, but it still was too slow) The best bomber - B25 Mitchell The worst bomber - Hampden The best recon plane - Spitfire (surprise! of course, Spitfire was good fighter too, but it wasn't fit for the Eastern front) The worst recon plane - O52 Owl The best transport plane - C47 (USSR also built many Li-2 - the own licensed variant) The worst transport plane - Albemarle
UK gallery of airplanes USA gallery of airplanes gallery of P40 gallery of P39 gallery of B25 14th gbad bombers Big picture of A20 bomber |
Ships (incl. battleships and cruiser, boats), spare parts (incl. engines), different guns and flaks [37mm, 40mm, 90mm...] (9600 total), ammunition, MGs and SMGs, explosives, fuel (incl. gas 110 octane), tracks and jeeps, motorcycles, telephones and wires, radars, radiostations, locomotives and coaches, rails, machine tools, (lathes, dies, presses, measuring devices, electrical equipment), rubber, metals (inc. aluminium and steel), army boots and clothes, food, tobacco...
In short words: "Thank you, friends! You helped a lot! But the second front in Europe in 1942 (or at least in 1943; instead of almost useless war in Africa) would be much better..."
NEGATIVE | POSITIVE |
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Many of sent vehicles (tanks, planes, etc.) were in bad conditions (already saw military service) | Lend-Lease was very helpful in 1941..42. Britain made the 1st steps to help |
Lend-Lease vehicles were worse than modern Soviets ones | At the same time USSR also used even more obsolete tanks and planes |
Goverment delays, the numbers were smaller than promissed | Western people did theirs best. They even put warm clothes and tinned food into boxes with military equpment, using every free space |