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The German army had begun 1916 equally well-provided for in artillery and ammunition, massing 8.5 million field and 2.7 million heavy artillery shells for the beginning of the Battle of Verdun but four million rounds were fired in the first fortnight and the 5th Army needed about 34 ammunition trains a day to continue the battle. The Battle of the Somme further reduced the German reserve of ammunition and when the infantry was forced out of the front position, the need for Sperrfeuer (defensive barrages), to compensate for the lack of obstacles, increased. Before the war, Germany had imported nitrates for propellant manufacture and the war could only be continued because of the discovery of the Haber process for the synthesis of nitrates from atmospheric nitrogen but developing the Haber process and building factories to exploit it took time.

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＞The German army had begun 1916 equally well-provided for in artillery and ammunition, massing 8.5 million field and 2.7 million heavy artillery shells for the beginning of the Battle of Verdun but four million rounds were fired in the first fortnight and the 5th Army needed about 34 ammunition trains a day to continue the battle.
⇒1916年にドイツ方面軍は、大砲と弾薬を同等に十分提供して（戦いを）開始した。「ヴェルダンの戦い」を開始するために、野戦砲用砲弾850万発と大型砲用砲弾270万発を集めたが、最初の２週間で400万発が発射されて、第5方面軍が戦いを続けるためには1日につきおよそ貨車34台分の弾薬を必要とした。

＞The Battle of the Somme further reduced the German reserve of ammunition and when the infantry was forced out of the front position, the need for Sperrfeuer (defensive barrages), to compensate for the lack of obstacles, increased.
⇒「ソンムの戦い」は、ドイツ軍の弾薬の蓄えをさらに減らして、歩兵連隊が前線の陣地から出陣したとき、（待避用の）障害物の不足を補償するため、防御用の集中砲火（Sperrfeuer）の必要が増加した。

＞Before the war, Germany had imported nitrates for propellant manufacture and the war could only be continued because of the discovery of the Haber process for the synthesis of nitrates from atmospheric nitrogen but developing the Haber process and building factories to exploit it took time.
⇒戦前は、ドイツは推進用火薬製造のために硝酸塩を輸入していたが、（その後）もっぱら大気の窒素から硝酸塩を合成するハーバー法の発見によって戦争が続けられた。しかし、ハーバー法を開発されていくと、それを利用するための工場を建設するのに時間がかかった。

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