The European Commission claims this “Thanks to measures already taken, European annual production capacity for 155 mm shells had already reached 1 million per year in January 2024.”
In this March 15,2024 release.
Today, the Commission allocated the €500 million foreseen under the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP). This will allow the European defence industry to ramp up its ammunition production capacity to 2 million shells per year by the end of 2025.
The Commission also launched the Work Programme for the instrument for the reinforcement of the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) and the fourth annual Work Programme of the European Defence Fund (EDF).
Together, these programmes have a budget of almost €2 billion. Today’s steps towards the reinforcement of the European defence technological and industrial base are taken in the wake of the adoption of the first ever European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the associated proposal for a European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP).
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1495
Still don’t understand how the 80000 in 2024 from France fits into the EU artillery supply, is that above an beyond the 1 million/2 million rounds forecast?
Based on past usage, and realizing that aircraft dropped munitions could change that(western doctrine doesn’t depend on ground based artillery to such a large extent and IMO, was one of the reasons 155 production was so low), Ukraine needs between 150k and 300k rounds per month to deal effectively with human wave tactics.
Curious if air launched cluster munitions will be part of munitions package and if the aircraft can get close enough to deploy them.
Is there any kind of wing package for air launched cruise missiles to extend range?