Russia’s ammo ‘rapidly dwindling,’ may begin to run out in early 2023: Pentagon

The Washington Times ^ | December 12, 2022 | Ben Wolfgang

[familyop]

The Russian military is quickly running out of artillery and rocket ammunition, Pentagon officials said Monday, and the Russian army can only sustain its current rate of attack in Ukraine until early next year. A senior U.S. defense official told reporters on a conference call that Moscow is increasingly turning to Iran and North Korea to replenish its “rapidly dwindling” stockpiles of rocket and artillery rounds,...

[familyop]

Russia produces 40 high-precision missiles per month – Ukrainian intelligence
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/12/12/russia-produces-40-high-precision-missiles-per-month-ukrainian-intelligence/

Putin cancels annual briefing as suspicions grow he is sick, running from war
https://nypost.com/2022/12/12/putin-cancels-annual-briefing-as-suspicions-grow-hes-running-from-war/

Putin's press conference cancellation comes as Russia struggles in Ukraine war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/putin-press-conference-russia-struggle-ukraine

War ends if Putin dies, says Zelenskyy
https://english.nv.ua/nation/war-ends-if-putin-dies-zelenskyy-says-ukraine-news-50290439.html

Retired Lt. General Predicts When Russia Will Lose Crimea
https://www.newsweek.com/retired-lt-general-predicts-when-russia-will-lose-crimea-1766437

[mikelets456]

No worries-—Democrats will fund them as well.

[cranked]

Yeah, okie dokie, just like them missiles, drones, etc.

320 missiles in a day: Russia targets short-range ballistic missiles at Ukraine; what is the result? - WION - Mar 2, 2022
Russia running short on guided missiles, firing indiscriminately - Ukraine - Jerusalem Post - March 17, 2022
Russia Running Out of Precision Munitions in Ukraine War Pentagon Official - US News - Mar 24, 2022
Russia running short of precision missiles, say western officials - Financial Times - Apr 29, 2022
SCORCHED EARTH Now humiliated Putin is running out of MISSILES in desperate bid to defeat Ukraine, UK armed forces chief tells TalkTV - Sun - May 5, 2022
Putin ‘running out of missiles’ amid claims quarter of Russian Army now lost - City A.M. - May 6, 2022
Is Russia running out of missiles? US, Russia send mixed messages - Jerusalem Post - May 16, 2022
Explainer: Is Russia Running Low on Missiles? - Moscow Times - May 17, 2022
Has Russia Run Out of Precision-Guided Missiles? - SOFREP - May 23, 2022
Russia ‘running out’ of precision weapons - UK Defense Journal - Jun 11, 2022
Russia fires five-and-a-half ton Cold War-era missiles designed to destroy aircraft carriers at Ukrainian forces in the Donbas after running out of precision rockets, MoD says - Daily Mail - Jun 12, 2022
Vladimir Putin running short of missiles as Russian forces turn to old weaponry stock - Mirror - Jul 8, 2022
Putin left scratching head as Russia RUNS OUT of missiles to make ground attacks - Express - Jul 23, 2022
Will Russia Run Out of Precision-Guided Munitions? - National Interest - Aug 11, 2022
Russia Has Run Out of Long-Range Missiles to Terrorize Ukraine - !945 - Aug 20, 2022
No more than 45% missiles that Russia had before the war remain Chief Directorate of Intelligence - Ukrainska Pravda - Aug 27, 2022
Russia ‘running out of Iskander and Kalibr missiles’ - The New Voice of Ukraine / Yahoo - Aug 27, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Russia Is Running Low On Missiles - The Drive - Aug 27, 2022
Russian Federation will run out of shells, artillery and armoured vehicles by year end - Ukrainska Pravda - Aug 31, 2022
Russia Might Run Out of Weapons, Ammunition By End of Year: Report - Newsweek - Aug 31, 2022
Russia Is Running Out of Missiles. That’s Bad News for Ukraine - Defense Post - Sep 1, 2022
Alexander Kovalenko: when Russia will critically run out of missiles - Odessa Journal - Sep 2, 2022
Russia Resorting to Out of Date Missiles as Weapon Stocks Run Low: Ukraine - Newsweek - Sep 4, 2022
The chips are down: Putin scrambles for high-tech parts as his arsenal goes up in smoke - Politico - Sep 5, 2022
Russia Has ‘No Way’ to Replenish Critically Low Missile Supply: Ukraine PM - Newsweek - Sept 6, 2022
Ukraine believes Russia has less than 50 hypersonic missiles left because it can’t get the chips needed to make more: report - Business Insider - Sep 6, 2022
Out Of Missiles! Russia Is Left With ‘Limited Stock’ Of Hypersonic Weapons Due To Microchip Shortage – Ukraine - Eurasian Times - Sep 7, 2022
Russia down to a month’s supply of shells and missiles, western officials believe - thenationalnews - November 16, 2022
Russia’s latest mass missile strike has depleted its reserves of precision weapons, believes ISW - November 16, 2022
Russia firing ageing cruise missiles because stocks are depleted, MoD suggests - theGuardian - November 26, 2022
Putin faces missile crisis as Russian army may only have enough ammunition to last a month - Express - November 27, 2022
Russia appears to have run out of the deadly Iranian-made drones it’s been using to terrorize Ukraine, Western officials say - Insider - December 6, 2022
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However, I do know who exactly is running out of munitions.....

Ukraine
NATO
Germany
France
UK
US
EU

[escapefromboston]

Again?

[BenLurkin]

Good. Hopefully the Fourth Reich will run out at the same time and there will be peace.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But this isn’t a proxy war by the US military/industrial complex.

No sir!

[ConservativeInPA]

I don’t believe a damn thing the Pentagon says. They lack all credibility. Until everyone woke in the military is discharged, I will not trust a word they say.

[MMusson]

The Russians will be forced to buy ammo from Ukraine.

[V_TWIN]

Looks like brandon got putin’s arms dealer out of prison just in time then.

[jz638]

Good thing the American government didn’t recently release any international arms smugglers to the Russians with extensive knowledge of how to get weapons through Ukraine.

Maybe we can counter by bringing women’s basketball to the battlefield.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

It would be novel if one of these predictions came true.

5.56mm

[escapefromboston]

Pentagon is using the Zapp Branigan plan: You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down

[C210N]

Russia is flush with ammo, while NATO, Ukraine, and the Deep State supplies of ammo are ‘rapidly dwindling’, according to the military expert that knows about such things, Sun Tzu.

[JonPreston]

familyop, wasn’t it you who advocated for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia?

[cranked]

Despite the incessant US/UK/EU/NATO/WEST propaganda of Russia running out of this and that, indeed, Sir, indeed the Russians are.

[Sunsong]

May it be so!

[cranked]

‘EU defence stockpiles ‘almost empty’ despite increase in spending, Borrell warns’
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/08/eu-defence-stockpiles-almost-empty-despite-increase-in-spending-borrell-warns

“In the event of a military conflict, the German army will not be able to defend Berlin - the head of the KNDS
“The Bundeswehr is only capable of defending a small town like Augsburg, but not Berlin,” said Frank Haun, head of the KNDS defense companies.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/Spriter0000/status/1601733344991272960

That badass NATO though....

“The US has given Ukraine nearly 1 million 155 mm artillery shells. Now it’s looking for US companies to build more of them.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-wants-to-build-artillery-shells-as-it-supplies-ukraine-2022-9

“The US military needs a lot more artillery shells, rockets, and missiles for the next war”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-artillery-shells-rockets-missiles-war-russia-china/

‘US Ammunition Running Low for Ukraine, No Quick Fix for Shortage’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Vt7fmaGns

‘Ukraine could be put on ‘ammo diet’ – US military expert’
https://www.rt.com/news/561032-europe-to-put-ukraine-ammo-diet/

‘We Are Out of Ammo’: Ukraine Awaits Aid as Russian Artillery Bears Down’
https://www.newsweek.com/we-are-out-ammo-ukraine-awaits-aid-russian-artillery-bears-down-1715060

‘Ukraine hunts for British factories to deliver artillery shells as counter-attack burns through supply’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/09/02/ukraine-hunts-british-factories-deliver-artillery-shells-counter/

‘The Return of Industrial Warfare’
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare

‘Why Russia Is Not Running Out Of Ammo’
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/07/why-russia-is-not-running-out-of-ammo.html

‘US ammunition supplies dwindle as Ukraine war drains stockpiles’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-08/us-running-out-of-ammunitions-to-send-to-ukraine-war/101515370

“The Ukraine war ‘bubble’ is deflating as the U.S. and Europe reach the bottom of the arms ‘inventory barrel’.”
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/10/17/leviathan-super-cycle-ends-western-leaders-pretend-they-didnt-notice/

“The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine”
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/the-us-and-europe-are-running-out-of-weapons-to-send-to-ukraine.html

‘Ukraine’s Allies Can’t Get Arms Fast Enough as Stockpiles Shrink’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-10/ukraine-s-allies-can-t-get-arms-fast-enough-as-stockpiles-shrink#xj4y7vzkg

‘US Army exhausts its ability to supply ammunition to Ukraine’
https://www.archyde.com/us-army-exhausts-its-ability-to-supply-ammunition-to-ukraine/

‘German army has ammo for only two days of war – media’
https://archive.ph/mov4y#selection-903.10-903.63

‘US ammunition supplies dwindle as Ukraine war drains stockpiles’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-08/us-running-out-of-ammunitions-to-send-to-ukraine-war/101515370

‘The U.S. Military’s Growing Weakness’
https://archive.ph/noXSI

‘Pink Flamingo: The U.S. Military Will Pay for Its Munition Shortage’
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/pink-flamingo-us-military-will-pay-its-munition-shortage-205777

‘Ukraine’s Appetite for Weapons Is Straining Western Stockpiles’
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/16/ukraine-weapons-military-aid-stockpiles-nato-low-industry/

‘The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine’
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/the-us-and-europe-are-running-out-of-weapons-to-send-to-ukraine.html

‘US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine’
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine

‘U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals’
https://archive.ph/0YrOn#selection-397.0-397.67

[DannyTN]

Russia can’t win this war.
They should pack up go home.
Save both Russian and Ukrainian lives
And start negotiations on sanctions and reparations.

[cranked]

‘In Germany, they said that the army lacks almost everything’
https://azgeopolitics.com/?p=3727

More trouble for NATO....

‘French army: “Military stocks have generally disappeared...”
https://www.lopinion.fr/international/armee-francaise-les-stocks-militaires-ont-globalement-disparu#.Y5HhdRimcms.twitter

[Karliner]

Thank God America gave back their arms dealer?