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| During Six Months US Already to Delivers 806,000 Artillery Ammunition to Ukraine |
Washington - The United States has delivered 806,000 155mm field artillery shells to Ukraine over the past six months. This delivery of field artillery shells has had the effect of draining the US arsenal to a "very low" level.
The leaked data caused concern in the US Department of Defense. Although so far there is no official information on the exact amount of 155mm field artillery munitions in the US Army arsenal.
Quoted from the Bulgarian Military page, Thursday (1/9/2022), from 1999 to today, the US Army has purchased a total of 3,000,000 artillery shells, caliber 155mm. This means that during the 6 months of the war, nearly 27% of 155 mm caliber artillery shells have been delivered to Ukraine.
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Given the decline in ammunition purchases for nearly 20 years, there are fears that the vacuum left by the effects of the Ukraine-Russia war will not be filled in a short time.
To fill the void stockpiles of field artillery shells in the arsenal, the US government is negotiating with companies that produce 155mm ammunition. This fact overloaded ammunition companies, and they were pressured to open new production lines.
Studies of the US Department of Defense, show that this production is still not enough to fill stockpiles in full arsenals again. A Pentagon representative said the level of this munition in US warehouses was "very low". The war in Ukraine has gradually depleted its numbers and greatly reduced supplies to the US military.
Political circles in Washington criticized the Pentagon and the US government for the delivery of this 155mm artillery shell. Criticism intensified when it was revealed that 806,000 155mm artillery shells had been delivered to Ukraine from 24 February to 24 August.
Criticism became even fiercer when it was also revealed that the 155mm ammunition supply was "very low". A US defense official said: "The level is not critical, but it is not the level at which we want to go to war."
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