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F-35's Costs Climb Along With Concerns
"Vince" wrote in message ... Paul F Austin wrote: The Wehrmacht couldn't keep their hand off the production designs, making changes constantly. It made production inefficient and as important, made logistics a nightmare. Mobilization didn't happen until Speer was given overall responsiblity for production. The first years of the war (1939-1942), when Germany had a real chance to win by knocking the USSR out of the war saw single-shift production and the largest factory units (Adam Opel and Volkswagen) only peripherally contributing to war production. As a side note, when the Barbarossa attack went in, the Wehrmacht had litterally hundreds of types of trucks and motorcycles in use. Try getting the right carburetor kit for your broke down truck on the outskirts of Kiev. They had lots of problems From the strategic bombing survey Studies of German manpower utilization show that throughout the war a great deal of German industry was on a single shift basis, relatively few German women (less than in the first war) were drawn into industry and the average work week was below British standards. Germany's early commitment to the doctrine of the short war was a continuing handicap; neither plans nor state of mind were adjusted to the idea of a long war. Nearly all German sources agree that the hope for a quick victory lasted long after the short war became a long one. Germany's armament minister Albert Speer, who assumed office in early 1942, rationalized German war production and eliminated the worst inefficiencies in the previous controls. A threefold increase in armament production occurred under his direction but the increase cannot be considered a testament to the efficiency of dictatorship. Rather it suggests the degree of industrial undermobilization in the earlier years. An excellent case can be made that throughout the war top government management in Germany was not efficient." It's remarkable how many "short wars" overstay their welcome: The US Civil War and WWI come to mind, particularly the effective cease fire on the Western Front after a few weeks of combat because the artillery dumps were....empty. Oops. |
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F-35's Costs Climb Along With Concerns
On Sun, 7 May 2006 17:28:37 -0400, "Paul F Austin"
wrote: "Vince" wrote in message ... Paul F Austin wrote: The Wehrmacht couldn't keep their hand off the production designs, making changes constantly. It made production inefficient and as important, made logistics a nightmare. Mobilization didn't happen until Speer was given overall responsiblity for production. The first years of the war (1939-1942), when Germany had a real chance to win by knocking the USSR out of the war saw single-shift production and the largest factory units (Adam Opel and Volkswagen) only peripherally contributing to war production. As a side note, when the Barbarossa attack went in, the Wehrmacht had litterally hundreds of types of trucks and motorcycles in use. Try getting the right carburetor kit for your broke down truck on the outskirts of Kiev. They had lots of problems From the strategic bombing survey Studies of German manpower utilization show that throughout the war a great deal of German industry was on a single shift basis, relatively few German women (less than in the first war) were drawn into industry and the average work week was below British standards. Germany's early commitment to the doctrine of the short war was a continuing handicap; neither plans nor state of mind were adjusted to the idea of a long war. Nearly all German sources agree that the hope for a quick victory lasted long after the short war became a long one. Germany's armament minister Albert Speer, who assumed office in early 1942, rationalized German war production and eliminated the worst inefficiencies in the previous controls. A threefold increase in armament production occurred under his direction but the increase cannot be considered a testament to the efficiency of dictatorship. Rather it suggests the degree of industrial undermobilization in the earlier years. An excellent case can be made that throughout the war top government management in Germany was not efficient." It's remarkable how many "short wars" overstay their welcome: The US Civil War and WWI come to mind, particularly the effective cease fire on the Western Front after a few weeks of combat because the artillery dumps were....empty. Oops. And one particular piece of shortsightedness that the Germans seem to have been guilty of: thinking that 'winning the battle' is equivalent to winning the war. |
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F-35's Costs Climb Along With Concerns
Jack Love wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2006 17:28:37 -0400, "Paul F Austin" wrote: "Vince" wrote in message ... Paul F Austin wrote: The Wehrmacht couldn't keep their hand off the production designs, making changes constantly. It made production inefficient and as important, made logistics a nightmare. Mobilization didn't happen until Speer was given overall responsiblity for production. The first years of the war (1939-1942), when Germany had a real chance to win by knocking the USSR out of the war saw single-shift production and the largest factory units (Adam Opel and Volkswagen) only peripherally contributing to war production. As a side note, when the Barbarossa attack went in, the Wehrmacht had litterally hundreds of types of trucks and motorcycles in use. Try getting the right carburetor kit for your broke down truck on the outskirts of Kiev. They had lots of problems From the strategic bombing survey Studies of German manpower utilization show that throughout the war a great deal of German industry was on a single shift basis, relatively few German women (less than in the first war) were drawn into industry and the average work week was below British standards. Germany's early commitment to the doctrine of the short war was a continuing handicap; neither plans nor state of mind were adjusted to the idea of a long war. Nearly all German sources agree that the hope for a quick victory lasted long after the short war became a long one. Germany's armament minister Albert Speer, who assumed office in early 1942, rationalized German war production and eliminated the worst inefficiencies in the previous controls. A threefold increase in armament production occurred under his direction but the increase cannot be considered a testament to the efficiency of dictatorship. Rather it suggests the degree of industrial undermobilization in the earlier years. An excellent case can be made that throughout the war top government management in Germany was not efficient." It's remarkable how many "short wars" overstay their welcome: The US Civil War and WWI come to mind, particularly the effective cease fire on the Western Front after a few weeks of combat because the artillery dumps were....empty. Oops. And one particular piece of shortsightedness that the Germans seem to have been guilty of: thinking that 'winning the battle' is equivalent to winning the war. They're hardly the only ones to suffer from that misconception (cough). Guy |
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