Russia Creating Victory

The US ammunitions never dried out almost all the major wars it fought before 20 years including Syria, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan and Lebanon, even supporting Israel in the Israel – Palestinian conflict.

All the above America fought with micro nations when compared U.S. army & its weapons and easily got registered their victory.

But U.S. directly support Ukraine in this ongoing Russia – Ukraine War, Weapon Inventory of U.S. is almost emptied.

So, U.S. President and NATO chief rethinks their stand where they are, and conveyed their allies as follows:

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that countries backing Ukraine needed to focus not only on sending new weapons to Kyiv, but looking at ammunition for older systems and helping maintain them

The statement concludes, the inventory of U.S. and NATO almost gone dried or empty for new weapons, especially ammunitions required for Artillery Guns supplied to Ukraine in very low quantity.

Ongoing Russia – Ukraine, after Winter Tanks will playing major role in the war, are called War of Tanks.

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support

Artillery Vehicle are usually used for long-range indirect bombardment support on the battlefield.

How this ammunitions for the artillery vehicle emptied in American Inventory we are going to see in this session.

The 8 inch (203 mm) M110 self-propelled howitzer is an American-made self-propelled artillery system and GPS guided

The negative side is According to the operator's manual, the M110's typical rate of fire was three rounds per two minutes when operated at maximum speed, and one round per two minutes with sustained fire

Germany's defense minister said his government has not yet decided whether to send German-made battle tanks to Ukraine

In recent days, Western defense officials have been pressing Germany to allow the export of its sophisticated Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

But Germany has so far not agreed to release its heavy battle tanks

But the problem never exists with Germany’s Tank

Tanks needs to be supported by infantry vehicle

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle

is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.

These Infantry vehicles capable of removing Land Mines

Historically the term "battery" referred to a cluster of cannon in action as a group, either in a temporary field position during a battle.

In the fierce and protracted battle going on in eastern Ukraine, huge combat losses are being claimed by long range Russian artillery

Now, as both Russia and Ukraine scramble for artillery ammunition, the US is in a position where it can’t consistently supply Ukraine with 155 mm non-precision projectiles anymore

The US has provided 1,074,000 projectiles to Ukraine starting in May of last year.

Ukraine needs more of this projectile.

But here’s the problem…

Current US production of artillery ammo is 3,250 per month.

The Department of Defense says that it can get that rate up to 20,000 per month (240,000 per year) by the spring of 2023.

Let’s take them at their word and assume the DoD can actually ramp up to 240,000 per year.

Let’s also factor in a manufacturing lead time of 12–18 months with an actual production time of 44 months.

That’s why U.S. advised Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until the latest supply of U.S. weaponry is in place and training has been provided, a senior Biden administration official said on January 20

According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies “Manufacturing lead time” is the period between when a contract is signed and when the first item arrives. This interval is typically about 24 months but varies by system. “Production time” is how long it would take to produce all the required inventory.

At this surge rate, it would take about five years to rebuild US artillery ammo inventories, assuming no further transfers to Ukraine.

The numbers for the 155 mm precision munitions (Excalibur) are even worse:

In 2007 the United States fielded Excalibur, an artillery shell guided by GPS. The soldiers need only input the coordinates, and the projectile guides itself to the target with an accuracy of two meters.

5,200 have been transferred to Ukraine already. The US currently produces only 1,000 per year.

For Excalibur rounds, you need a manufacturing lead time of 22 months and a production time of 56 months.

This means it would take about seven years for the US to replenish its 155 mm precision artillery munitions.

And remember, the US needs to keep some of these rounds, both dumb and precision, to keep US Army and Marine artillery crews trained and proficient.

Ukraine is firing about 4,800 rounds per day of US provided artillery ammo. Combine that with Ukraine’s Soviet-era artillery, and this gets us to the 20,000 per day that Ukraine has said it was firing.

The US recently provided Ukraine with 36 howitzers and 180,000 shells for the 105 mm — a smaller shell with a shorter range

And not to alarm anybody, but the same shortages that are plaguing artillery are also happening for Javelin anti-armor systems and Stinger anti-air systems.

In this situation only Germany’s refusal to aid Leopard 2 Tank to Ukraine for shortage of ammunitions.

2023 might be the year that the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, as well as British and German tanks, make artillery obsolete as Ukraine will have new offensive capabilities coming online