Jan. ====== 73 Feb. ===== 68 Mar. ======= 89 Apr. ======= 86 May. ====== 76 June. ======== 106 July. ======= 85 Aug. ============== 180 Sept. ===================== 271 Oct. ==================================== 465 Nov. ===================== 266 Dec. ====================== 279] Thus it took England three and a half years to equip her army completely with artillery and ammunition on the scale called for at the end of the war. On this basis America, when the armistice came, had two years before her to equal the record of Great Britain in this respect. As to the production of gun bodies ready for mounting, the attainments of American ordnance were more striking. At the end of the fighting America had passed the British rate of production and was approaching that of the French. In totals for the whole war period (Apr. 6, 1917, to Nov. 11, 1918) the American production of gun bodies could scarcely be compared with either that of the British or that of the French, this due to the fact that it required many months to build up the forging plants before production could go ahead. In completed artillery units the American rate of production at the end of the war was rapidly approaching both that of the British and that of the French. In total production of complete units in the 19 months of war, American ordnance turned out about one-quarter as many as came from the British ordnance plants and less than one-fifth as many as the French produced in the same period. Figure 8 represents visually America's comparative performances in the production of gun bodies and complete artillery units. [Illustration: FIGURE 8. PRODUCTION OF ARTILLERY, FRANCE AND UNITED STATES COMPARED WITH GREAT BRITAIN. AVERAGE MONTHLY RATE AT END OF WAR. _Gun bodies (new)_: =Per cent of rate for Great Britain.= Great Britain 802 ==================== 100 France 1,138 ============================ 142 United States 832 ===================== 104 _Complete units_: Great Britain 486 ==================== 100 France 659 =========================== 136 United States 412 ================= 85 TOTAL PRODUCTION, APRIL 1, 1917, TO NOVEMBER 11, 1918. _Gun bodies (new)_: =Per cent of rate for Great Britain.= Great Britain 11,852 ==================== 100 France 19,492 ================================= 164 United States 4,275 ======= 36 _Complete units_: Great Britain 8,065 ==================== 100 France 11,056 =========================== 137 United States 2,008 ===== 25]