CONSUMPTION OF OIL.
HUGE GERMAN TOTAL. (lice. 11.15 a.m.) RUGI3S Aug. 1. Great interest is being _taken here, in the latest estimates ol the heav\ drain on German 0.l resources jnvolved bv the Russian war. lhe British Petroleum Press Service calculat that the German oi l consumption in the Russian campaign must be at a minimum rate of 300,000 tons monthly. A conservative assumption that a tanks operate on an average ol M miles daily and remaining veh.chs the oouivalent of 100 miles daily gives a total consumption of gallons of fuel daily, or about 100,000 tons monthly. To keep advanced bases supplied an estimate of /2,->OO -S equivalent to the number operaLn wth the fighting divisions—would lx conservative. Assuming, again 1| the average distance of 100 miles dan. is at ten miles a gallon, a consumption of 74,000 tons monthly is arrived at The air force, list'd for all purposes, is placed at 4000 planes Assumm o that the Germans have half their foice in the air three hours a day the t t. I fuel consumption would be ,2000 t m daily or 60.000 tons monthly.. Am .1 liwanco for ground staff requirements raises this to 70,000 tons The monthly consumption by < which prohabH errs on the low —Official Wireless. _
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 207, 2 August 1941, Page 7
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