Topic: 155mm Shells

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Dig Up Canada!
Episode 1537 51:56 - 55:54

1537: Dig Up Canada!

Ukraine War, Artillery Logistics and Attrition

The conflict in Ukraine has evolved into a "war of logistics" and attrition, with Ukrainian forces firing 155mm artillery rounds at a rate that far exceeds Western production capacity. A 1950s-era factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is currently producing 20,000 shells a month, which represents only a fraction of Ukraine's needs. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called for a rapid expansion of the defense industrial base to meet the demands of this World War I-style grinding conflict.