"Record after Korean War": The US will spend over $ 500 million on Artsnayaments for the Armed Forces

Orders received against the background of fears that the Armed Forces quickly consume stocks of artillery shells during the Great War with Russia. New ammunition is planned to be supplied in early March, quoted by AFP statement by the US Army of February 14. Contracts are financed by the initiative to support the Pentagon of Ukraine. The New York Times newspaper last month, citing a report from the US Land Forces Command report, the Pentagon plans to increase the production of artsnaries 6 times.

Much of the ammunition is designed to supply the Army of Ukraine. Until a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, US military plants produced 14. 4 thousand artillery shells per month. The Pentagon plans to bring up to 90 thousand within 2 years and has already concluded contracts with private companies. It is an unmanaged 155 mm caliber shells for long -range howitzers. They are currently produced by 6 state plants under contracts with the Pentagon.

"There were no such shells in the United States since the Korean War. Aggression of Russia, during which both parties consume tens of thousands of shells on a monthly basis, forced the US to realize that the current capacity for ammunition was not enough," the journalists said. The problem is outdated equipment at these plants. Some of the premises were used for shells during World War II.

In November, Pentagon concluded a contract with General Dynamics to build a new line for the production of shell buildings at a Texas plant. It is expected that virtually all products of these plants will go to Ukraine. The decision on a sharp increase in the production of shells testifies to the readiness of the United States to support Ukraine and in the case of a protracted war with Russia, the authors of the publication concluded.

The Defense Post recalled the November statement by a Pentagon representative about the ability of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to make about 20,000 artillery shots per day. This figure in the Armed Forces was at a level from 4 to 7 thousand. "Since then, the indicators have fallen sharply because winter has come. Both sides are faced with a lack of ammunition and save them," the authors summed up.