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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)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

I don't think anyone expected it to last this long

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

ukraine has become a military testing/proving grounds for the hardware, logistics and supply chains for both russia and the united states

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago

And a money printing ground for all defense contractors