According to the best information I can get, the average number of shots fired, per soldier, in the latest wars are as follows.
WW1............9,500
WW2..........25,000
Korea..........50,000
Vietnam.....200,000
However, for interest, I am currently reading "The Art Of War In The Western World" by Archer Jones. [ISBN 0 252 01380 8 for those that are interested.]
In the section dealing with the period from 1815 to 1914 he says that , in the Franco-Prussian war of 1869/70, the "small arms ammumition expenditure for the war averaged on fifty six rounds per man, less then each soldier carried."
Even the artillery used only 199 rounds per gun!
BIG difference!
WW1............9,500
WW2..........25,000
Korea..........50,000
Vietnam.....200,000
However, for interest, I am currently reading "The Art Of War In The Western World" by Archer Jones. [ISBN 0 252 01380 8 for those that are interested.]
In the section dealing with the period from 1815 to 1914 he says that , in the Franco-Prussian war of 1869/70, the "small arms ammumition expenditure for the war averaged on fifty six rounds per man, less then each soldier carried."
Even the artillery used only 199 rounds per gun!
BIG difference!