Ukraine firing 7,000 artillery rounds a day; U.S. produces 15,000 artillery rounds a month.

[speak easy]

U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals

The West thought an artillery and tank war in Europe would never happen again and shrunk weapons stockpiles. It was wrong.

Now, nine months into the war, the West’s fundamental unpreparedness has set off a mad scramble to supply Ukraine with what it needs while also replenishing NATO stockpiles. As both sides burn through weaponry and ammunition at a pace not seen since World War II, the competition to keep arsenals flush has become a critical front that could prove decisive to Ukraine’s effort.

The amount of artillery being used is staggering, NATO officials say. In Afghanistan, NATO forces might have fired even 300 artillery rounds a day and had no real worries about air defense. But Ukraine can fire thousands of rounds daily and remains desperate for air defense against Russian missiles and Iranian-made drones.

Last summer in the Donbas region, the Ukrainians were firing 6,000 to 7,000 artillery rounds each day, a senior NATO official said. The Russians were firing 40,000 to 50,000 rounds per day.

By comparison, the United States produces only 15,000 rounds each month.

So the West is scrambling to find increasingly scarce Soviet-era equipment and ammunition that Ukraine can use now, including S-300 air defense missiles, T-72 tanks and especially Soviet-caliber artillery shells.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/world/europe/nato-weapons-shortage-ukraine.html

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Aw crap! Get them factories going!! Supply them with air defense!!

[Brother Buzz]

2. South Korea loaded a boatload of the artillery shells into the pipeline

Interesting, the United States military will deliver them to Ukraine.

[Emrys]

3. That's right. The Ukrainians have also been gifted significant amounts

by fleeing Russian Federation forces! I assume that will continue with any major territorial advance.