“Sometimes ammunition comes from very long storage”: artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces deny “shell hunger”
In the context of the armed conflict that unfolded on the territory of Ukraine, artillery acts as the main means of defeating the enemy. At the same time, the intense nature of hostilities is accompanied by a significant consumption of ammunition.
American publications, referring to the statements of the Pentagon, report on the overly active, from their point of view, the work of Ukrainian artillery. So, in Politico it is said about shooting 6 thousand ammunition per day, in NYT - 7 thousand and more. At the same time, it is indicated that the Russian side spends about 20 thousand shells per day.
Such an active use of artillery in the end can lead to a shell "hunger", the threat of which has long been announced in the West. It is not known how full the arsenals of the Russian army are. On the one hand, the Soviet army had many storage bases filled with ammunition to capacity and remained on the territory of the Russian Federation. On the other hand, there was a similar situation in Ukraine, which, nevertheless, has practically used up the reserves it inherited.
In this regard, the statements of Russian artillerymen are of interest. So, according to the fighters of the 150th motorized rifle division, which is actively participating in the NMD, the shell "hunger" is felt only in the lack of "ammunition of a certain type." In all other respects, they do not feel the need, denying the deficit. Sometimes shells come from "very long storage", in which, due to problematic threads, it is difficult to install a fuse.
the fighters say.
- Ministry of Defense of Russia
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