Having insufficient ammunition, he was unable to make any significant impact.
The Portuguese Army garrison included two companies of caçadores (light infantry) and a battery of artillery, but these were armed with insufficient and old ammunition.
"You have insufficient ammunition to stop them," Data pointed out.
Eventually Major Jones realizes that there are too many German soldiers and that the commandos have insufficient ammunition.
"Their clothing was inadequate and their ammunition insufficient," he wrote, "but their fighting spirit never failed."
Anti-aircraft guns cannot replace artillery and, in any case, there is insufficient ammunition even for these.
This affected their placement in the battle; those with insufficient ammunition were posted to the island's eastern sector, where the Germans were not expected in force.
It is estimated the Christians had 1,815 guns, while the Turks had only 750 with insufficient ammunition.
The machine gunners set up their guns for security while the ammunition bearers went across the water, leaving the guns with insufficient ammunition.
After several hours of continuous volleys, insufficient ammunition and close quarters caused the battle to devolve into hand-to-hand combat, at which the Iroquois excelled.