Bullets, Bombs and Poison Gas

Soldiers in the trenches were issued with four bullets a day, unless they were either snipers or manned a machine gun. This does not seem like a lot of bullets; however, four bullets a day is 28 per week - therefore, a million soldiers need 28 million bullets per week. Of course, there were a lot more than a million troops at the Western Front, so

Soldatilor din transee li s-au dat patru gloante pe zi, cu exceptia cazului in care erau fie lunetisti, fie aveau o mitraliera. Acest lucru nu pare a fi o multime de gloante; cu toate acestea, patru gloante pe zi sunt 28 pe saptamana - prin urmare, un milion de soldati au nevoie de 28 de milioane de gloante pe saptamana.