World War II can be called the Battle of Kurukshetra in the twentieth century. Numerous different types of weapons have been used in this long half-century war. The quality of weapons has improved during the war, replacing old weapons with new ones. It is natural to be curious about where this 'infinite' arsenal of allies and axes was lost at the end of the war. Let us know today what happened to the fate of this arsenal after the Second World War.
During the war the rate of arms and logistics production naturally increased comparatively. A sample of this can be deduced from the lack of statistics.
Tanks, self-propelled artillery, military vehicles: 6 million
Artillery, mortars, anti-tank artillery: 6 million
This is the calculation of a large weapon. But there are also a variety of small firearms, especially assault rifles, machine pistols, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, sidearms, and so on. It cannot be said that all of these weapons became obsolete soon after the war ended. Some countries have used these weapons to equip their armies since the end of World War II. Many weapons destroyed during the war were reused or modified for other purposes. However, most of the weapons turned into discarded metal.
During the war, technological advances were achieved rapidly due to the urgency of the war. At the beginning of this war most of the warplanes were propeller driven. But towards the end of the war, the Germans and the British built jet-powered aircraft. Again some weapons were made just to meet any specific need. At the end of the war, these weapons became unnecessary and discarded as he ran out of necessitie
Many weapons destroyed during the war were made reusable; Image Source: War History Online
Junk waste
At the end of the war many equipment especially military vehicles were thrown into the sea. Because these tools were stored on the soil of the enemy country. By the time they left Europe, the Americans had left a lot of military equipment in Europe or the Russians in Germany. After the war, it became too expensive to take them back to their homeland, so it was easier to unload them at sea without returning them.
Espirito Santo, an island in the Vanuatu archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, has a place called Million Dollar Point. The reason the place is called Million Dollars is because after World War II, nearly a million dollars worth of U.S. military equipment was thrown into the sea here.
Not only heavy vehicles but also ammunition and firearms were thrown into the sea. When the German occupation ended on May 6, 1945, the Norwegian government dumped about 16,000 tons of German weapons and ammunition into various lakes and creeks in the country.