• Riddick3001@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    " by the end of 2025, the production of ammunition in Europe will increase from 300,000 to two million units per year.".

    Finally we are getting there.

    Did a little check and it seems 5K shells per day is like the minimum required amount for like 700 Howitzers. That ammounts to 1,8 M per year. They could end up needing 4 times that number depending the situation.

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      Ukraine also makes some of their own shells which wouldn’t count as eu (not yet, here is hoping for the future). often not nato standard but better than nothing.