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Ukraine Is Burning Through 155mm M777 Howitzer Barrels So Fast The U.S. Army Can’t Keep Up

www.yahoo.com Ukraine Is Burning Through 155mm M777 Howitzer Barrels So Fast The U.S. Army Can’t Keep Up

The U.S. Army is moving to establish a second production source for barrels for 155mm M777 towed howitzers in response to what it calls “unprecedented demand” from Ukraine. Only one U.S. government-owned and operated arsenal makes the barrels and that facility cannot currently meet a requirement to...

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i bet the american military industrial complex will start kissing trump's ring (if they haven't already) so that they can continue building after this round of funding expires.

This feels solvable for the USA. It makes it feel like the choice to arm Ukraine is deliberately intended to put pressures on the supply chain to find and address gaps.
- ukraine has become a military testing/proving grounds for the hardware, logistics and supply chains for both russia and the united states
  
  And a money printing ground for all defense contractors

I don't think anyone expected it to last this long
- I'm pretty sure it was taken into account, just not anyone from the US, EU or Ukraine.

they should have kept using the M198 if the M777 had problems like this. but that's a 20yo choice now

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