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The cost of WW-2 weapons

FatstratFatstrat Member Posts: 9,147
edited May 2015 in General Discussion
Interesting article on the MFG cost of WW-2 weapons.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/a-rough-guide-of-the-costs-of-guns-during-wwii.html
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    flyingcolumnflyingcolumn Member Posts: 374 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting information. Thanks for the post.
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    discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    interesting prices, i wonder what they would equal in today's costs? then the reduction in prices due to improvements in mass production technology really shows American ingenuity.
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
    edited November -1
    Outstanding article.
    Don't be mislead by the then current prices however. $25.-$45. was the average weekly take home pay then for a working man.
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    discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    if wages were even that....in todays devalued inflated dollars what would the cost be for a Thompson or BAR. no wonder the STENgand M3 were made...
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by discusdad
    if wages were even that....in todays devalued inflated dollars what would the cost be for a Thompson or BAR. no wonder the STENgand M3 were made...



    When I was a boy, one of my pops' sayings from the Depression was that "Hamburger was a dime a pound, but nobody had a dime".
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