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The Wall Street Journal recently published a report about 155-mm shells and their production in the USA (www.wsj.com)
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They give some different numbers that are very indicative.

  • US supplied Ukraine with more than 2 million 155-mm shells in the past two years
  • The price of shells in US went from $1,200 to $8,400
  • From October to December inclusive, US supplied Israel with 57 thousand 155-mm shells
  • US produced 14 thousand shells per month in 2022, and they want to increase it to 80 thousand by 2025
  • Today, it comes out to 28 thousand a month
  • Americans themselves, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel all need shells.
  • Production volumes in Europe are not named, but it is indicated that they are significantly less than the US
  • Russia fires 10,000-30,000 shells per day
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[–] Catyote@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How could it cost over $1000 to make a single shell? That's absurd. Are they fucking handcrafted?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brought to you by the same people who spend $640 on a toilet seat. I absolutely love how people think there's no corruption in US.

[–] nephs@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not corruption, it's profit!

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

That's right, as long as you make it legal it's just a wholesome business opportunity.

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago

how much does a Russian shell cost?

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Real ones know this is because of democratic processes and strict adherence to engineering quality and safety

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Handcrafted and sold on mEtsy. It's like Etsy but for the military. Everything above $1000 is for the ribbon and the box.

[–] Drstrange2love@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Military contracts make you pay more for a car than you should.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

GDP go up!

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

probably because they're packing all kinds of shit into each one... look at these excaliburs -> https://www.militarytoday.com/artillery/m982_excalibur.htm