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[President Biden said today that Ukraine already has 10 anti-tanks weapons for each Russian tank. Why do they need anymore? I smell a scam.]

To kill the Russian infantry that should theoretically be hunting Ukrainian ATGM teams. These Russian infantry screens (what used to be skirmishers back during the Napoleonic Wars and prior) are obviously not being used to their full effect. However, war is a mutual learning experience in which the survivors figure out how to stay alive and the slow learners populate body bags. Eventually, the surviving Russians will learn from experience, and the Ukrainian ATGM teams will have to take out the infantry hunting them. That’s where the howitzers come in.

Artillery is also necessary to clear areas populated by the enemy so Ukrainian units can retake territory currently occupied by the Russians. It’s going slowly now because they lack the firepower to get the Russians to keep their heads down during Ukrainian advances.

Ukrainians have howitzers too. Their problem is that many of their factories have come under attack, and production of both howitzers and ammo may be difficult or impossible. Now, if the US bombed Russian equipment and ammo factories, that would level the playing field. But it would also trigger WWIII. So simply supplying the Ukrainians is a solution that keeps them competitive without triggering a wider war.

He didnt include all the other AFVs Russia has (multiply by 3 at least). Also using committed tanks figure, not all those in reserve.

And most shots miss, even ATGMs.

Actual battle always shows that prewar ammo expenditure estimates are always way too low. The classic example is the 1914-15 “shell crisis”.