Fighting when drunk
In Second World War as well as Winter War, Red Army soldiers used to be given 100 g of vodka daily.
How did it affect their reaction and judgment?
In the Winter War, it was mentioned that land soldiers got 100 g of vodka, but aviators got 100 g of brandy instead. The supply department reported afterwards that in two and half years, they had spent 10 millions of litres of vodka (sic!) and 88 000 litres of brandy.
This means about 100 millions of portions of vodka and 880 000 portions of brandy (here omitting to account for density) or, in other words, during about 75 days, 1,3 million portions of vodka daily, and 12 000 portions of brandy...
So, is it easy to fly well and fight well with 100 g of brandy?
Meanwhile, the German pilots invented amphetamines... how do those affect fighting?