At the outbreak of the war the Army owned approximately 75,000 .45-caliber automatic pistols. At the signing of the armistice there had been produced and accepted since April 6, 1917, a total of 643,755 pistols and revolvers. The production of pistols was 375,404 and that of revolvers 268,351. In the four months prior to November 11, 1918, the average daily production of automatic pistols was 1,993 and of revolvers 1,233. This was at the yearly production rate of approximately 600,000 pistols and 370,000 revolvers. These pistols were produced at an approximate cost of $15 each. _Production of pistols and revolvers to Dec. 31. 1918._ ---------------+------------------------+-----------------------+------- | Pistols. | Revolvers. | +-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+ Total | | | | | | |pistols | |Reming-| Total | |Smith &| Total | and | Colt. | ton |pistols.| Colt. |Wesson.|revolv-|revolv- | |U.M.C. | | | | ers. | ers. ---------------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+------- Apr. 6 to Dec. | 58,500| | 58,500| 20,900| 9,513| 30,413| 88,913 29, 1917 | | | | | | | January, 1918 | 11,000| | 11,000| 8,700| 7,500| 16,200| 27,200 February, 1918 | 14,500| | 14,500| 8,800| 8,550| 17,350| 31,850 March, 1918 | 21,300| | 21,300| 11,800| 12,400| 24,200| 45,500 April, 1918 | 22,400| | 22,400| 10,400| 10,650| 21,050| 43,450 May, 1918 | 35,000| | 35,000| 11,100| 12,150| 23,250| 58,250 June, 1918 | 37,800| | 37,800| 11,100| 14,250| 25,350| 63,150 July, 1918 | 39,800| | 39,800| 11,600| 11,555| 23,155| 62,955 August. 1918 | 40,400| | 40,400| 11,300| 13,358| 24,658| 65,058 September, 1918| 32,100| 640| 32,740| 11,100| 12,650| 23,750| 56,490 October, 1918 | 42,300| 3,881| 46,181| 13,500| 16,675| 30,175| 76,356 November, 1918 | 45,800| 4,102| 49,902| 11,900| 12,660| 24,560| 74,462 December, 1918 | 24,600| 4,529| 29,129| 9,500| 11,400| 20,900| 50,029 ---------------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+------- Total |425,500| 13,152| 438,652|151,700|153,311|305,011|743,663 ---------------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+------- CHAPTER XII. SMALL-ARMS AMMUNITION.