Soviet Heavy
Is it true that the Soviet Union dropped more Bombs on Germany than the US and Britain during WW2?
I saw an episode on the Russian Air Force about 13 years ago and one of the Soviet Pilots interviewed though a young Pilot said that contrary to popular belief, the Soviet Union dropped more bombs on Germany during World War 2 than the United States and Britain Combined.
Is this true?
I find it hard to believe as the Soviet Union had no Heavy Bombers and very few Medium Bombers to carry out such a feat with mainly Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik attack bombers.
The Soviets did indeed field Heavy Bombers, the Petlyakov Pe-8 which could carry of maximum of 11,600lbs of bombs and the Tupolev TB-3 which even though an older design could carry up to 12,790lbs of bombs (1)
The US dropped 623k tons and the RAF dropped 964k tons on Germany proper during the war (2) for a total of 1,587k tons. I have not been able to find any production numbers for the Soviet Union that exceeds this number weightwise so I'd have to say the US/RAF dropped more tonnage wise. However the Soviets concentrated on tactical bombs so it's possible that they dropped more bombs numbers wise.
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