The report estimated that Ukraine is firing 143,000 shells a month or close to 4,700 rounds each day. This is unsustainable for the United States. Other militaries among the allied coalition will have to step in at some point to be the sources for artillery rounds
The United States budget is bloated with billions, perhaps trillions of dollars spent (do we actually have the money or is it just printed?) on frivolous stuff and wokeness.
It's all a matter of priorities and politics.
We could easily go to three shifts at the existing armories or even add more armories.
I don't think we'll actually run out, but we could find ourselves pressed against the wall and have to drop other important things to fix the issue.
If you look at the history of the United States, when it comes to defense, this is nothing at all new.
In the Louisiana Maneuvers (War Games) of 1941, which Patton won, BTW, as the opposition commander, many of our troops had to drive cars or trucks with cardboard signs on them saying "Tank" and some troops had broom sticks for machine guns.
Of course, after Dec 7th of the same year, we went on a crash course to make stuff. To today's democrats, we did it before, we can do it again--until we can't. Best get to work, Biden!
“Of course, after Dec 7th of the same year, we went on a crash course to make stuff. To today’s democrats, we did it before, we can do it again—until we can’t.”
...and we can’t, since we’ve OUTSOURCED much of our defense production base (low-level items such as electronic components, rare-earths, and raw materials) - much of it to Russia and China, so they won’t be in much of a hurry to help us. Wasn’t the case in previous wars.