Thanks for the info Tac. Got me into research mode and I found this interesting article on WW2 lend-lease totals on the EU history forum. I tried to reformat the test so it was a little more readable for us here. Going by these #'s vehicles and air-planes were a much bigger deal for the Soviet Army than the tanks. After all, the German army was mowing down Russian tanks in huge #'s anyway.
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lend-lease.
Lend-Lease to the USSR and their contribution to the victory.
In the course of the war in the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Act were put hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo. The military historians (and, perhaps, and all the others) the greatest interest, of course, is an allied military equipment - we'll start with. Lend-Lease Act in the Soviet Union was delivered
from the U.S.: lung M3A1 "Stuart" - 1676 pcs.,
Lung M5 - 5 pcs., Lung, M24 - 2 pcs.,
Medium M3 "Grant" - 1386 pcs.,
Medium M4A2 "Sherman" (75-mm gun) - 2007 pcs.,
medium M4A2 (with 76mm gun) - 2095 pcs.,
heavy M26 - 1 pc.
From England: infantry "Valentine" - 2394 pcs.,
Infantry "Matilda» MkII - 918 pcs.,
Light "Tetrarch" - 20 pieces,
heavy "Churchill" - 301 pcs.,
Cruising "Cromwell" - 6 pcs.
From Canada: "Valentine" - 1388. Total: 12,199 tanks.
During the war, the Soviet-German front was supplied 86.1 thousand tanks. Thus, the lend-lease tanks to reach 12.3% of the total amount of produced / delivered to the USSR tanks in 1941-1945. In addition to tanks, the Soviet Union supplied and ZSU / ACS. ZSU: M15A1 - 100 pcs., M17 - 1000 pcs., ACS: T48 - 650 pcs., M18 - 5 pcs., M10 - 52 pcs. Total units were delivered in 1807. Total for the war in the Soviet Union produced and received 23.1 thousand units of ACS. Thus, the share received by the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease ACS is 7.8% of the total received for the war equipment of this type. In addition to tanks and self-propelled guns were supplied to the USSR and armored personnel carriers: British "Universal Carrier" - 2560 pcs. (Including from Canada - 1348 pcs.) And U.S. M2 - 342 pcs., M3 - 2 pcs., M5 - 421 pcs., M9 - 419 pcs., T-16 - 96 pcs., M3A1 "Scout" - 3340 pcs ., LVT - 5 pcs. Total: 7185 units. As the armored vehicles were not made in the USSR, Lend-lease cars were 100% of the Soviet fleet of vehicles. Criticism of the Lend-Lease often pay attention to the poor quality of supplied armored allies. This criticism really has definite reason as American and British tanks on TTX and often inferior to Soviet and German counterparts. Especially given the fact that the Allies supplied the Soviet Union did not usually the best examples of his art. For example, the most advanced modification "Sherman" (M4A3E8 and "Sherman Firefly") in Russia were not supplied.
Where are the best situation with the supply of lend-lease aircraft. During the war, the Soviet Union had delivered 18,297 aircraft, including from the United States: the P-40 "Tomahawk" - 247, P-40 "Kitihavk" - 1887, P-39 "Cobra" - 4952, P-63 " Kingcobra "- 2400, P-47" Thunderbolt - 195; bomber A-20 "Boston" - in 2771, the B-25 "Mitchell" - 861, other types of aircraft - 813. was delivered from England 4171 "Spitfires" and "Hurricane" . Total Soviet troops during the war received 138 thousand planes. thus share in the proceeds of foreign technology in the domestic fleet was 13%. However, and here the Allies refused to supply its air force with the pride of the Soviet Union - strategic bombers B-17, B-24 and B- 29, of which the war was produced 35 thousand. And at the same time, it is in such machines is most needed the Soviet Air Force.
Lend-Lease was delivered eight thousand anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns of 5 thousand. All in all, the Soviet Union received 38 thousand units of anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery 54 thousand. That is, the proportion of Lend-Lease in these types of weapons are, respectively, 21% and 9%. However, if you take all Soviet guns and mortars in general (revenue for the war - 526, 2 thousand), the share of foreign guns in it will be only 2.7%.
During the war, the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Act was passed 202 torpedo boats, 28 patrol boats, 55 minesweepers, 138 submarine hunters, 49 amphibious ships, icebreakers 3, 80 transport ships, 30 tugs. There are about 580 ships. All in all, the Soviet Union during the war years was 2588 vessels. That is, the share of lend-lease equipment - 22.4%.
The most notable were the lend-lease deliveries of cars. Total Lend-Lease was delivered 480 thousand vehicles (of which 85% - of the USA). Including about 430 thousand trucks (mostly - US 6 firms "Studebaker" and REO) and 50 thousand jeeps (Willys MB and Ford GPW). Though the total income vehicles on the Soviet-German front were 744 thousand units, the share of lend-lease equipment to the Soviet fleet was 64%. In addition, the United States was delivered 35,000 motorcycles.
But the supply of small arms under the Lend-Lease Act were quite modest, only about 150 000 thousand units. Given that the total income of small arms in the Red Army during the war amounted to 19.85 million units, the share of lend-lease armaments is approximately 0.75%.