It’s true that the United States is planning to significantly ramp back up production of 155mm artillery shells, but there’s been no suggestion that this is going to happen by 2025.
Hopefully there’s some sort of Plan B, as running out of shells in an artillery war can lead only to one outcome.
Hi, I think Mykola is reffering to multiple media reports that do indicate that the U.S is planning to significantly ramp up production by early 2025. See this Reuters piece from last month: "U.S. aims to make 100,000 artillery shells per month in 2025, US official says"
Maybe that’s true Fabrice, but even if they managed to ramp up production to this level, and allocated 50% to Ukraine, that would only represent about 1,200 shells per day, when the Russians are firing 10x that many.
Much as we would like it otherwise, I can’t see this ending well.
As Leonard Cohen pointed out ‘...everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost...’
Thanks for the article Fabrice.
It’s true that the United States is planning to significantly ramp back up production of 155mm artillery shells, but there’s been no suggestion that this is going to happen by 2025.
Hopefully there’s some sort of Plan B, as running out of shells in an artillery war can lead only to one outcome.
Hi, I think Mykola is reffering to multiple media reports that do indicate that the U.S is planning to significantly ramp up production by early 2025. See this Reuters piece from last month: "U.S. aims to make 100,000 artillery shells per month in 2025, US official says"
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-aims-make-100000-artillery-shells-per-month-2025-us-official-says-2023-09-15/
Maybe that’s true Fabrice, but even if they managed to ramp up production to this level, and allocated 50% to Ukraine, that would only represent about 1,200 shells per day, when the Russians are firing 10x that many.
Much as we would like it otherwise, I can’t see this ending well.
As Leonard Cohen pointed out ‘...everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost...’