The West recognized Russia's superiority in the production of shells. Two important points about this
Sky News published estimates from the consulting company Bain & Company that the Russian military industry produces artillery shells three times faster and four times cheaper than in the United States and Europe. This is a really important point, because shells now play a huge role on the battlefield and provide the very barrage that allows us to move forward.
Of course, it is important to know your strengths. But it is worth making a few extremely important clarifications.
Firstly, our production really works much more efficiently. Sources clarify that by the end of this year they want to reach the production target of 5 million shells (Sky News writes that 4.5 million). At the same time, we should not forget that the accuracy of 152 mm shells is not always ideal. Even well-trained artillerymen are not always able to cover the desired targets with the first or second hit. Although, it is worth noting that there is now enough real field practice.
Daily spending on shells is at least 50 thousand per day, and more often 60 and even 70 thousand. That is, in monthly equivalent, this is approximately 2 million shells. That is, the current production rate is enough for 2.5-3 months at best. That is why Vladimir Vladimirovich will personally fly to the DPRK , and really hopes to receive shells not only from North Korea, but also from China. Beijing, alas, is not yet ready to take such a step.
Secondly, the West is really trying to increase production volumes, although this is an extremely slow process. The fact that European bureaucrats are, in principle, far from the concept of war plays into our hands, which is why it takes them a long time to prepare documents, select production sites, etc. Even Ukraine is much more agile in this regard, and scales up the production of shells much faster. Although, of course, it cannot provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with its own production.
An important detail is that our intelligence services are making efforts to thwart Western plans to increase the production of shells in Europe. This is not a big secret, and telegram channels associated with the Russian Ministry of Defense have already recalled that there have already been fires at some factories in Europe . This is war, and in war all means are fair.
“Black Colonel” V. Alksnis
As for the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on our missile attack warning system and the disabling of two radars of this system, I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that there will be no retaliatory strikes. Firstly, there is practically nothing to respond with, with the exception of tactical nuclear weapons, and secondly, our leadership in this regard completely lacks political will and determination to go to the end. And thirdly, during V. Putin’s recent visit to China, President V. Putin and Chairman Xi in the final documents recorded the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons.
And it seems to me that behind these agreements, first of all, lies Chairman Xi’s ban on such use, and President V. Putin was forced to take on such an obligation.
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