2023-09-18 09:06:58
2023-09-18 17:06 Compiled by United Daily News Gao Yixuan/Real-time reporting
CNN reported on the 17th that artillery is an important part of the Russia-Ukraine battlefield. However, since the war began in February last year, the amount of ammunition Ukraine has needed has been outstripped by the speed at which factories in the United States and Europe can supply it. There is still a huge gap. The outside world is gradually worried that European arms factories will be unable to meet Uzbekistan’s needs.
The report pointed out that drone footage of the Russian-Ukrainian front line shows that the area is full of craters, like the surface of the moon, highlighting the fierce artillery fire. Ustinova, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, said that during the counterattack once morest Russia, Ukrainian artillery fired up to 6,000 shells per day, but the military actually hoped to fire more than 10,000 shells per day.
According to analysis by the Estonian and Ukrainian governments, during the period of the most intense artillery fire in Russia this year, the amount of ammunition used by Russia might reach 60,000 pieces, while the amount used by Ukraine was dwarfed by that. The CEO of Rheinmetall, a major European arms manufacturer, revealed that Kiev overall needs regarding 1.5 million artillery shells every year.
The U.S. Department of Defense stated that the United States has provided more than 2 million artillery shells to Kiev from the beginning of the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine to July this year. The EU has provided at least 250,000 ammunition this year, which does not include the number of weapons directly supplied to Ukraine by member states. The United Kingdom, a non-EU member state, has also provided ammunition.
However, CNN quoted Estonian defense officials as estimating that in February this year, the production of artillery ammunition across Europe was at most 300,000 pieces per year. It seems that it will still take several years to achieve the ideal production of 2.1 million pieces of ammunition per year. Arms buyers are also hoping to buy as much goods as possible. For example, the report quoted the CEO of Europlasma, a shell factory, as saying that many buyers expressed their hope to purchase all available goods.
The M795 155mm howitzer shells are being manufactured at a factory in Pennsylvania, USA. This shell is in high demand during the war in Ukraine… Ukraine Russia Russia-Ukraine War Kiev EU
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