Ukrainian Military Has an Artillery Shell Problem - Business Proposition: Millions of 155mm Rounds at Roughly $3,500 Per Round

Editor's note: Executives at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc., American Ordnance, and IMT Defense (now is your chance for a stock rebound IMT) are drooling at the mouth. The US is concerned the Ukrainian military are using up 155mm artillery shells faster than the US can supply them. We have good news but bad news for those munition manufacturers just mentioned. The US won't have to worry about the Ukrainian military using up their stocks of 155mm shells faster than they can be replenished. The Russians have deployed Lancet and KUB-BLA loitering munitions effectively over the past six months destroying a significant number of 155mm Ukrainian artillery guns including the much vaunted "game changer" M777 Howitzer. At this rate, the US can send all the damn 155mm rounds it wants because there will be no more 155mm artillery guns to fire them with. It is reported the Russians destroyed over 100 of these guns and at the rate of fire the idiots burned the barrels out. The bottom line is US officials don't know what the hell they are talking about. The New York Times reports Ukraine is "firing thousands of rounds a day?" Prove it.

 
Russian Drones Hit Three M777, Two M109 Howitzers & RM-70 MRL Of Kiev Forces (Videos)
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Source: AntiWar

US Officials Think Ukraine's Ammunition Use Is Unsustainable

A Pentagon official described upcoming ammunition shipments as a 'last ditch effort' to help Ukraine since Western stockpiles are low

by Dave DeCamp | March 16, 2023

Ukraine is firing thousands of artillery shells each day in its battle to defend the Donbas city of Bakhmut, a pace that US and European officials don’t think is sustainable, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Two unnamed US officials told the Times that the Pentagon has raised the issue of Ukraine's ammunition use in Bakhmut after a few days of non-stop firing. Ukraine's war effort is entirely reliant on support from the US, as the Pentagon has shipped millions of artillery shells to the country.

The report is the latest example of Ukraine's Western backers expressing doubt about Kyiv's war strategy. The US wants Ukraine to launch a spring counteroffensive, but Western officials think those plans could be jeopardized by the amount of resources Ukraine is using in Bakhmut.

The US and Britain are preparing to ship thousands more artillery rounds and rockets to Ukraine to shore up its supplies for a counteroffensive. A senior Pentagon official described these shipments to the Times as a "last ditch effort" because Ukraine's Western backers don't have enough to keep up with Ukraine's pace.

The US and its NATO allies were not prepared to support such an intense artillery war. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has acknowledged that Ukraine is using munitions at a much faster rate than the entire 30-member alliance can produce. The Western powers have big plans to ramp up the production of artillery rounds, but it will take months before any significant progress is made.

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