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No, half of the US howitzers are already in Ukraine.
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Sources? Careful, there is no proof, the give away being the massive ammo supply equipment and support required for 155mm , heavy movers, 5 ton vehicles, maintenance trucks,….that said, the Ukies have only ever used Russian artillery.
How many have been trained on on US equipment? ..even our US Redleg AIT training is 3-4 months long.
That said, how many English speaking Ukie cannon cockers are there? There is a huge language curve as Soviet equipment is in Cyrillic….big, big problems encountered with arty range tables, fuze setting, etc…..your “ theory” highly unlikely.

I will “ bite” on your theory when we see US arty( captured) being paraded in Red Square.

Sources? Careful, there is no proof

"More than half of the 90 US howitzers bound for Ukraine now delivered"

Ukrainian troops now have more than half of the 90 howitzers that the U.S. pledged them to help beat back a Russian attack in the country’s eastern region, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday.

https://www.stripes.com/incoming/2022-04-27/ukraine-russia-war-howitzers-training-nato-5821871.html

Marine Corps M777 towed 155 mm howitzers are staged on the flight line prior to being loaded onto an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on April 22, 2022.

That said, how many English speaking Ukie cannon cockers are there?

While they are a different caliber than Ukraine’s Soviet-era 152mm Msta-B howitzers, they share the same “basic outlines,” a senior U.S. defense official said last week.

Still, Ukrainian troops require some training to use the weapons, which the U.S. is providing at an undisclosed location outside Ukraine, Kirby said. Ukrainian troops who complete the training are expected to train to other troops when they return to the fight.

“We finished up earlier this week the first tranche of more than 50 trainers that are going to go in and train their teammates,” Kirby said. “We're working on a second tranche of … more than 50 that [are] going to go through training in the same location outside Ukraine.”

The training has gone well so far, according to Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who said in a translated statement Wednesday that Ukrainian gunners working with a 155mm howitzer “hit the target with the first shot.”

https://www.stripes.com/incoming/2022-04-27/ukraine-russia-war-howitzers-training-nato-5821871.html