Soviet armaments production
in Second World War

Soviet armaments production in Second World War.

Following are tables of the annual Soviet armaments production (excluding ammunition) and a comparison of the necessary strategic raw materials.

Picture: Production of ZIS3 field guns in a Soviet artillery factory.

At the end is a approximate implementation of the Soviet armaments production to PP's (production points) for the strategy game WW2 Total - in the case that the game play is close to the events of the history of WW2.

Soviet armaments production by weapon types

Annual Soviet production figures of the main arms and military equipment (without ammunition) during the Second World War from 1939-1945:

Type of Weapon	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Overall	use in the strategy game for the calculation of:
Obsolete tank types	2,950	125	-	-	-	-	-	125	Tanks
T-26 tank (all variants)		1,549	-	-	-	-	-	1,549	Tanks
BT-8 tank		70	-	-	-	-	-	706	Tanks
T-28 tank		12	-	-	-	-	-	12	Tanks
T-40 tank	-	-	41	181	-	-	-	222	Tanks
T-50 tank	-	-	48	15	-	-	-	63	Tanks
T-60 tank	-	-	1,818	4,474	-	-	-	6,292	Tanks
T-70 tank	-	-	-	4,883	3,343	-	-	8,226	Tanks
T-80 tank	-	-	-	-	120	-	-	120	Tanks
T-34 tank (76mm)	-	117	3,014	12,553	15,712	3,723	-	35,119	Tanks
T-34 tank (85mm)	-	-	-	-	100	11,000	18,330	29,430	Tanks
T-44 tank	-	-	-	-	-	-	200	200	Tanks
KV-1 tank	-	141	1,121	1,753	-	-	-	3,015	Tanks
KV-2 tank	-	102	232	-	-	-	-	334	Tanks
KV-1S tank	-	-	-	780	452	-	-	1,232	Tanks
KV-85 tank	-	-	-	-	130	-	-	130	Tanks
IS-2 tank	-	-	-	-	102	2,252	1,500	3,854	Tanks
SU-76 self-propelled guns	-	-	-	26	1,928	7,155	3,562	12,671	Self-propelled guns
SU-122 tank destroyer	-	-	-	25	630	493	-	1,148	Tank destroyers
SU-85 tank destroyer	-	-	-	-	750	1,300	-	2,050	Tank destroyers
SU-100 tank destroyer	-	-	-	-	-	500	1,175	1,675	Tank destroyers
SU-152 tank destroyer	-	-	-	-	704	-	-	704	Tank destroyers
JSU-122, JSU-152 tank destroyer	-	-	-	-	35	2,510	1,530	4,075	Tank destroyers
Armoured vehicles TOTAL	2,950	2,752	6,224	24,690	24,006	28,933	26,297	115,852
Artillery (including Anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns)	17,348	15,300	42,300	127,000	130,000	122,400	62,000	516,648	AT, AA, Artillery
Infantry weapons: Mortars	403,300							403,300	Mortar
Infantry weapons: Machine-guns (without sub-machine guns)	1,477,400							1,477,400	Machine guns
Infantry weapons: rifles	?							?	rifles
Infantry weapons: sub-machine guns (PPSh)	-	-	ca, 5,000,000					approx. 5,000,000	Sub-machine guns
Military trucks and Lorries	?	?	?	30,400	45,600	52,600	68,500	197,100	Trucks
Fighter planes	approx. 4,500	4,574	7,086	9,924	14,590	17,913	approx, 9,000	67,587	Fighters
Ground attack planes	-	-	1,543	8,219	11,177	11,110	approx. 5,500	37,549	Ground attack
Bomber planes	approx. 3,500	3,571	3,748	3,537	4,074	4,186	approx. 2,000	24,616	Bombers
Reconnaissance planes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transport planes	?	1,691	3,091	3,298	3,744	5,508	?	17,322	-
Trainers and miscellaneous military types	?	549	267	457	1,260	1,528	?	4,061	-
Cruisers	2							2	BB
Destroyers	25							25	DD
Submarines	52							52	Subs
Merchant shipping tonnage	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Transport ships

Raw material production for the military weapon production above:

Annual strategic raw material production (m. metric tons)	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Coal	?	?	151.4	75.5	93.1	121.5	149.3
Ore	?	?	24.7	9.7	9.3	11.7	15.9
Steel	?	?	17.9	8.1	8.5	10.9	12.3
Aluminium (in 1.000 metric tons - especially important for aircraft production)	?	?	?	51.7	62.3	82.7	86.3

Soviet armaments production for the strategy game WW2 Total

The transformation of the previous Russian production figures in average numbers per month and the value in PP's (production points) for the strategy game WW2 Total :

Type of weapon	1942					1943
Type of weapon	Fighting power	Average per month	1 unit for the game for every:	Price per unit (PP's)	Total value (PP's)	Fighting power	Average per month	1 unit for the game for every:	Price per unit (PP's)	Total value (PP's)
Tanks	32%	2,053	600	120	411	48%	1,663	400	120	499
Tank destroyers	32%	2	600	90	0	48%	177	400	90	40
Self-propelled artillery	32%	2	600	50	0	48%	161	400	50	20
Trucks	64%	2,533	4,500	12	7	64%	3,800	4,500	12	10
Rifles	64%	240,000	14,000	10	171	64%	240,000	14,000	10	171
Sub-machine guns	64%	120,000	14,000	10	86	64%	120,000	14,000	10	86
Machine-guns	64%	30,000	7,000	16	69	64%	30,000	7,000	16	69
Mortars	64%	8,400	2,500	20	67	64%	8,400	2,500	20	67
Artillery, AT, AA	64%	10,583	950	30	334	64%	10,833	950	30	342
Fighter planes	48%	827	600	140	193	64%	1,216	450	140	378
Ground attack planes	48%	685	600	180	206	64%	931	450	180	372
Bomber planes	48%	295	600	250	123	64%	340	450	250	189
Battleships and Cruisers	64%	0.008	6 BB or 24 CA or 36 CLA	2,500	3	64%	0.008	6 BB or 24 CA or 36 CLA	2,500	3
Destroyers, Escorts	64%	0.521	40 DD or 90 TB or 120 MTB	500	7	64%	0.521	40 DD or 90 TB or 120 MTB	500	7
Submarines	64%	1.083	30	250	9	64%	1.083	30	250	9
Transport ships	64%	?	60,000 t	120	5	64%	?	60,000 t	120	5
TOTAL					1,691					2,267
Change of price value by increasing the productivity and savings in the civilian industrial sector without more consumption of strategic raw materials				-40%	-677				-50%	-1.134
Sub-total (PP's)					1.014					1.134
Additional PP's for research, maintenance, political influences and starting of offensives				+70%	+710				+75%	+850
TOTAL (PP's)					1.724					1.984

Type of weapon	1944					1945 (6 months)
Type of weapon	Fighting power	Average per month	1 unit for the game for every:	Price per unit (PP's)	Total value (PP's)	Fighting power	Average per month	1 unit for the game for every:	Price per unit (PP's)	Total value (PP's)
Tanks	64%	1,415	300	120	566	64%	3,338	300	120	1,335
Tank destroyers	64%	400	300	90	120	64%	451	300	90	135
Self-propelled artillery	64%	596	300	50	99	64%	594	300	50	99
Trucks	64%	4,383	4,500	12	12	64%	11,417	4,500	12	30
Rifles	64%	240,000	14,000	10	171	64%	240,000	14,000	10	171
Sub-machine guns	64%	120,000	14,000	10	86	64%	120,000	14,000	10	86
Machine-guns	64%	30,000	7,000	16	69	64%	30,000	7,000	16	69
Mortars	64%	8,400	2,500	20	67	64%	8,400	2,500	20	67
Artillery, AT, AA	64%	10,200	950	30	322	64%	10,333	950	30	326
Fighter planes	64%	1,493	450	170	564	64%	1,500	450	170	567
Ground attack planes	64%	926	450	180	370	64%	917	450	180	367
Bomber planes	64%	349	450	300	232	64%	333	450	300	222
Battleships and Cruisers	64%	0.008	6 BB or 24 CA or 36 CLA	2,500	3	64%	0.008	6 BB or 24 CA or 36 CLA	2,500	3
Destroyers, Escorts	64%	0.521	40 DD or 90 TB or 120 MTB	500	7	64%	0.521	40 DD or 90 TB or 120 MTB	500	7
Submarines	64%	1.083	30	250	9	64%	1.083	30	250	9
Transport ships	64%	?	60,000 t	120	5	64%	?	60,000 t	120	5
TOTAL					2,702					3,498
Change of price value by increasing the productivity and savings in the civilian industrial sector without more consumption of strategic raw materials				-60%	-1.621				-60%	-2.099
Sub-total (PP's)					1.081					1.399
Additional PP's for research, maintenance, political influences and starting of offensives				+100%	+1.081				+80%	+1.120
TOTAL (PP's)					2.162					2.519

Note: The aircraft production (one per 300 planes at 100% fighting power) is calculated about 1/3 less than the comparable tank production (one per 200 tanks at 100% fighting power) because about 1/3 of the total aircraft losses were due to accident.

Note: a number of the unit types listed here already will be added only in later versions of the strategy game WW2 Total !